pandabear (laozedong)

Race #788

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Official speed 114.13 wpm (58.25 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 27, 2020 12:04:49am UTC
Race Finish February 27, 2020 12:05:47am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. moron212 (116.06 wpm)
2. gavwhela (115.38 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 184.51
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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.