Jira (jiradasai)

Race #640

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Official speed 87.65 wpm (75.85 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 7, 2020 5:22:10am UTC
Race Finish August 7, 2020 5:23:26am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. alehero (91.09 wpm)
2. desmond012 (90.84 wpm)
4. ljothjor (84.39 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 141.70
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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.