Michael (themusicofsound)

Race #9875

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Official speed 63.55 wpm (104.61 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 12, 2019 3:57:26am UTC
Race Finish April 12, 2019 3:59:10am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. catdog567 (69.51 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 102.75
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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.