Mike (satanstaint)

Race #55

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Official speed 93.39 wpm (71.19 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 16, 2019 4:15:25pm UTC
Race Finish January 16, 2019 4:16:37pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. funyuns4lyfe (76.04 wpm)
3. bventura (75.61 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 150.99
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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.