dah (highrool)

Race #682

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Official speed 114.03 wpm (58.30 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 21, 2017 11:02:57pm UTC
Race Finish January 21, 2017 11:03:55pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. fayr (110.24 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 0.00
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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.