greg (drsharc)

Race #810

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Official speed 93.87 wpm (70.82 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 21, 2019 7:00:50pm UTC
Race Finish May 21, 2019 7:02:01pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. teodoriux13 (111.54 wpm)
2. xkelo (107.79 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 151.75
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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.