Samuel (samfpandi)

Race #1176

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Official speed 101.58 wpm (65.45 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 10, 2019 1:07:42am UTC
Race Finish October 10, 2019 1:08:48am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. kiin (88.84 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 164.23
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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.