Luis (regneva17)

Race #12517

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Official speed 73.78 wpm (90.11 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 7, 2019 12:24:51pm UTC
Race Finish July 7, 2019 12:26:21pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 3. miach (72.67 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 119.27
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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.