Matrix (matri)

Race #3933

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Official speed 80.60 wpm (82.48 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 6, 2020 3:08:02am UTC
Race Finish August 6, 2020 3:09:24am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. cerea (88.85 wpm)
3. galaxyyyy (75.05 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 130.30
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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.