NairB (xtokyoghoulx)

Race #471

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Official speed 104.70 wpm (63.50 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 10, 2019 10:49:41pm UTC
Race Finish February 10, 2019 10:50:44pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 3)
Opponents 1. huaweialeksa (106.32 wpm)
2. acholo (105.92 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 169.26
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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.