Acko (ackom)

Race #43

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Official speed 74.48 wpm (89.26 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 26, 2019 1:53:55pm UTC
Race Finish March 26, 2019 1:55:24pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. izilla (80.12 wpm)
2. abizern (77.96 wpm)
5. godert (62.10 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 120.41
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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.