Jeremy (jerbear27)

Race #2857

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Official speed 62.95 wpm (105.61 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 24, 2018 7:51:09pm UTC
Race Finish November 24, 2018 7:52:55pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. fuzzulator19 (83.75 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 101.76
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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.