Benjamin (blumentopf)

Race #38

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Official speed 93.73 wpm (70.93 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 4, 2020 11:18:30pm UTC
Race Finish October 4, 2020 11:19:41pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. schleicher (85.96 wpm)
3. drancio (78.66 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 151.54
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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.