Brock (brocky)

Race #999

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Official speed 75.67 wpm (87.86 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 4, 2019 8:59:58pm UTC
Race Finish December 4, 2019 9:01:26pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. paper_ (78.54 wpm)
4. claudiu_9 (75.27 wpm)
5. mantroo (74.06 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 122.33
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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.