Ket (ket93)

Race #2501

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Official speed 78.47 wpm (84.72 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 13, 2020 4:49:34pm UTC
Race Finish May 13, 2020 4:50:58pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. ogkatumus (80.83 wpm)
4. ali_666_ (67.41 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 126.86
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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.