Katy (kittymeowers)

Race #356

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Official speed 88.55 wpm (75.08 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 30, 2018 9:48:20pm UTC
Race Finish January 30, 2018 9:49:36pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. admw (112.00 wpm)
2. mamski (90.91 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 143.15
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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.