hehe (blazeclash)

Race #887

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Official speed 81.91 wpm (81.16 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 1, 2020 2:45:46am UTC
Race Finish December 1, 2020 2:47:07am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. krispycorn (89.87 wpm)
4. jcm800 (77.84 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 132.42
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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.