Ethan (queuequeueqq)

Race #634

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Official speed 81.37 wpm (81.70 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 17, 2020 9:51:05pm UTC
Race Finish February 17, 2020 9:52:27pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 2. ironmk11 (82.41 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 131.55
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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.