k (mc0sta)

Race #46084

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Official speed 76.45 wpm (86.96 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 31, 2020 9:26:16am UTC
Race Finish May 31, 2020 9:27:43am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. deefly (107.87 wpm)
2. son_goku12 (78.27 wpm)
4. victoryx5 (66.50 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 123.59
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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.