Stefan (fendorian)

Race #2410

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Official speed 70.76 wpm (93.95 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 20, 2017 12:54:50am UTC
Race Finish January 20, 2017 12:56:24am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 1. klavier (111.58 wpm)
3. turkeyman (74.27 wpm)
Accuracy 92.0%
Points 0.00
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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.