Tim (kitasi)

Race #80

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Official speed 103.03 wpm (64.52 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 10, 2019 11:27:33pm UTC
Race Finish October 10, 2019 11:28:37pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 4. coveredinbees (74.09 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 166.56
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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.