Niels (nielsjensen)

Race #40268

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Official speed 114.16 wpm (58.23 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 1, 2020 9:01:15pm UTC
Race Finish April 1, 2020 9:02:14pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. slayman19 (136.76 wpm)
2. thesabe (119.70 wpm)
4. kreschnav (93.68 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 184.56
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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.