Arie (buenobonsai)

Race #986

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Official speed 86.38 wpm (76.96 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 10, 2020 9:13:46pm UTC
Race Finish July 10, 2020 9:15:03pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. chimchimchim (135.78 wpm)
2. aram90 (133.31 wpm)
3. qwestfinder (112.18 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 139.64
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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.