workmanLayout (mustelad)

Race #3339

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Official speed 76.57 wpm (86.82 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 26, 2020 5:08:11pm UTC
Race Finish August 26, 2020 5:09:38pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. killer8hyper (75.24 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 123.79
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.