Carter (thecartel)

Race #5862

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Official speed 101.73 wpm (65.35 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 10, 2018 9:52:34pm UTC
Race Finish December 10, 2018 9:53:39pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. m_carmel (93.65 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 164.46
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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.