AlphaCross (alphacross06)

Race #104

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Official speed 74.46 wpm (89.28 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 11, 2020 11:42:31pm UTC
Race Finish November 11, 2020 11:44:00pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. swaglord1 (90.64 wpm)
2. borbinon (81.88 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 120.37
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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.