MadsFuldGhoul (swaax)

Race #49480

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Official speed 134.26 wpm (49.52 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 27, 2019 2:43:29pm UTC
Race Finish August 27, 2019 2:44:18pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 217.05
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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.