SelfPowered (nawid113)

Race #5814

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Official speed 97.76 wpm (68.00 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 24, 2019 9:27:22pm UTC
Race Finish February 24, 2019 9:28:31pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. yzzahs (162.27 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 158.04
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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.