Isaac (dolemitesundae)

Race #2181

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Official speed 74.05 wpm (89.78 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 3, 2019 4:04:18pm UTC
Race Finish December 3, 2019 4:05:47pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. zurrion (99.11 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 119.72
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The view that machines cannot give rise to surprises is due, I believe, to a fallacy to which philosophers and mathematicians are particularly subject. This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is presented to a mind all consequences of that fact spring into the mind simultaneously with it. It is a very useful assumption under many circumstances, but one too easily forgets that it is false. A natural consequence of doing so is that one then assumes that there is no virtue in the mere working out of consequences from data and general principles.