douzhen (akariin)

Race #4732

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Official speed 73.40 wpm (90.57 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 28, 2019 8:13:12am UTC
Race Finish November 28, 2019 8:14:43am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 4. galaxyyyy (71.55 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 118.67
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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.