Bucky (buckyplaysatwork)

Race #5268

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Official speed 105.76 wpm (62.86 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 20, 2019 7:36:58pm UTC
Race Finish February 20, 2019 7:38:01pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. mcaso123 (138.36 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 170.98
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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.