Paolo (mcnugget25)

Race #1293

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Official speed 101.03 wpm (65.80 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 1, 2020 1:33:33pm UTC
Race Finish October 1, 2020 1:34:39pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. mrsander (99.74 wpm)
3. quirkylotad (98.65 wpm)
4. mattyhassett (92.31 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 163.33
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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.