sakhaprox (rportnoy)

Race #49068

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Official speed 101.51 wpm (65.49 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 23, 2018 6:44:59pm UTC
Race Finish December 23, 2018 6:46:05pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 3. kebabino (90.52 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 164.11
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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.