joel (shiboopi)

Race #29

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Official speed 100.65 wpm (66.05 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 16, 2017 3:59:16am UTC
Race Finish October 16, 2017 4:00:22am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. djkeemtart (93.88 wpm)
3. mamypoko (78.83 wpm)
4. 4beth_esda (72.77 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 162.72
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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.