Janis (vigilante434)

Race #25526

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Official speed 74.96 wpm (88.69 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 10, 2019 9:22:52am UTC
Race Finish May 10, 2019 9:24:21am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. lone_wolf_ (85.81 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 121.19
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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.