Cian (lagnic)

Race #2988

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Official speed 82.72 wpm (80.37 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 8, 2020 9:08:51pm UTC
Race Finish July 8, 2020 9:10:12pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. yaboinugget (105.64 wpm)
2. sdw199 (97.42 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 133.72
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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.