Samuel (samuel_3456)

Race #934

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Official speed 63.37 wpm (104.91 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 7, 2017 3:13:35am UTC
Race Finish August 7, 2017 3:15:20am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. 324941483 (62.05 wpm)
4. jiratt (56.54 wpm)
5. sharrrkbait (54.11 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 102.45
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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.