Labo (thephantom6th)

Race #32

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Official speed 93.03 wpm (71.46 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 9, 2019 11:45:11am UTC
Race Finish December 9, 2019 11:46:23am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. zaszuhaer (80.16 wpm)
3. kmos (78.27 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 150.40
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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.