Taufik (opik11o22o12)

Race #59

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Official speed 54.85 wpm (121.20 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 3, 2018 12:44:37pm UTC
Race Finish June 3, 2018 12:46:38pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 88.67
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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.