niseboi (theweirdo9)

Race #304

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Official speed 76.52 wpm (86.88 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 1, 2017 10:24:13pm UTC
Race Finish May 1, 2017 10:25:40pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. schafted361 (83.78 wpm)
4. adminye (71.25 wpm)
Accuracy 91.0%
Points 0.00
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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.