Rai (fisheko)

Race #1320

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Official speed 94.43 wpm (70.40 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 12, 2020 8:42:20am UTC
Race Finish April 12, 2020 8:43:30am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. josqu (98.39 wpm)
4. kthmanish (75.99 wpm)
5. jackmiller996 (74.55 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 152.66
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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.