Jakub (dareon)

Race #1523

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Official speed 80.54 wpm (82.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 5, 2019 9:39:40am UTC
Race Finish January 5, 2019 9:41:02am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. willmart16 (77.67 wpm)
3. pianomyn (76.83 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 130.20
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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.