Krishna (cold5r)

Race #13

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Official speed 79.27 wpm (83.87 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 19, 2017 3:52:46pm UTC
Race Finish October 19, 2017 3:54:10pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. tallpants (83.28 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 128.15
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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.