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Official speed | 46.81 wpm (142.02 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | April 26, 2018 11:11:26am UTC |
Race Finish | April 26, 2018 11:13:48am UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 5) |
Opponents |
2. jesterdaicha (54.94 wpm) |
Accuracy | 97.0% |
Points | 75.68 |
Text | #3622360 (Length: 554 characters) 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. |