artyyyyy (seckdaddy)

Race #44

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Official speed 128.28 wpm (51.82 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 26, 2018 7:18:29am UTC
Race Finish February 26, 2018 7:19:21am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. hkgwife (116.88 wpm)
3. john666695 (103.06 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 207.38
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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.