Norbert (norbert515)

Race #7

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Official speed 74.38 wpm (89.38 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 18, 2019 8:04:49pm UTC
Race Finish May 18, 2019 8:06:18pm UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 1. hookedon (107.74 wpm)
2. charlieog (95.51 wpm)
4. big_boi_bill (78.56 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 120.25
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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.