Noli (beganat30wpm)

Race #1673

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Official speed 67.66 wpm (98.26 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 30, 2017 5:18:00pm UTC
Race Finish June 30, 2017 5:19:38pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. hahayoulose (74.41 wpm)
5. abderrahim_manari (63.23 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 0.00
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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.