Chris (asianchriss)

Race #452

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Official speed 76.63 wpm (86.75 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 25, 2020 6:47:17am UTC
Race Finish September 25, 2020 6:48:44am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. useless_net (72.55 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 123.89
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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.