Andre (smallchicken)

Race #11068

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Official speed 91.10 wpm (72.97 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 14, 2017 10:39:38pm UTC
Race Finish June 14, 2017 10:40:51pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. nnz5 (105.42 wpm)
3. tunfisk (89.47 wpm)
5. wdk5013 (73.96 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
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.