Kevin (kevinhunter)

Race #90

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Official speed 92.95 wpm (71.52 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 19, 2018 9:16:08am UTC
Race Finish July 19, 2018 9:17:20am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. saggisponge (108.00 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 150.27
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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.