Dakotah (shaneisbadhehexd)

Race #229

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Official speed 85.06 wpm (78.16 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 12, 2019 7:00:18pm UTC
Race Finish November 12, 2019 7:01:36pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. excetra (105.87 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 137.51
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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.