Kemyz (szymon2410)

Race #68

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Official speed 93.43 wpm (71.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 8, 2020 6:03:09pm UTC
Race Finish January 8, 2020 6:04:20pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. coolfission (108.18 wpm)
2. phawder (96.75 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 151.04
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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.