nova (fuccboy420)

Race #2711

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Official speed 88.90 wpm (74.78 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 6, 2018 2:44:45pm UTC
Race Finish August 6, 2018 2:46:00pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. dhonuill (101.68 wpm)
3. tim28 (85.45 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 143.72
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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.