ratbastard (mattbierwirth)

Race #22743

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Official speed 110.61 wpm (60.10 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 4, 2019 5:08:32pm UTC
Race Finish January 4, 2019 5:09:32pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 3. freakinnickp (89.51 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 178.82
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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.