Kinimon (kinmone)

Race #36

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Official speed 80.64 wpm (82.44 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 20, 2019 12:21:38pm UTC
Race Finish January 20, 2019 12:23:00pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. gotburptodo (110.77 wpm)
3. adriandotarot (91.40 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 130.37
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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.