Alex (teardrop01)

Race #432

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Official speed 76.04 wpm (87.43 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 15, 2019 12:52:09am UTC
Race Finish March 15, 2019 12:53:36am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. tubesawk (78.19 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 122.93
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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.