pen (lock3r)

Race #664

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Official speed 104.93 wpm (63.36 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 4, 2018 1:18:19am UTC
Race Finish May 4, 2018 1:19:23am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. fourshademk2 (112.04 wpm)
3. xice (104.33 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 169.63
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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.