Dylan (dylanlikescake)

Race #520

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Official speed 85.82 wpm (77.46 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 3, 2020 11:03:12am UTC
Race Finish October 3, 2020 11:04:29am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. man_onatree (90.26 wpm)
4. chromoplast (73.00 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 138.74
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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.