David (king_cao1)

Race #609

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Official speed 66.03 wpm (100.68 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 6, 2020 1:13:57am UTC
Race Finish December 6, 2020 1:15:38am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. nikuruuuuu (72.49 wpm)
3. jv13 (64.45 wpm)
4. stinkrace (62.46 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 106.74
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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.