ApacheSparow (jimtheripper)

Race #2817

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Official speed 116.21 wpm (57.21 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 13, 2019 9:50:16am UTC
Race Finish April 13, 2019 9:51:13am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. arrow0ftime (93.97 wpm)
3. mrollie (89.37 wpm)
4. justaidyn (89.20 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 187.87
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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.