coolzacboy (coolzacboy)

Race #382

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Official speed 63.37 wpm (104.91 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 17, 2018 1:40:25pm UTC
Race Finish April 17, 2018 1:42:10pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 4. janm2001 (61.82 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 102.45
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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.