Mr Notch (son_goku12)

Race #954

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Official speed 78.27 wpm (84.94 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 31, 2020 9:26:16am UTC
Race Finish May 31, 2020 9:27:41am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. deefly (107.87 wpm)
3. mc0sta (76.45 wpm)
4. victoryx5 (66.50 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 126.54
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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.