OnlyForF1 (andrewaus)

Race #1302

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Official speed 78.16 wpm (85.06 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 14, 2019 11:21:19pm UTC
Race Finish November 14, 2019 11:22:44pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. road_to_100_wpm (82.38 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 126.36
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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.