Nenad (sima_car)

Race #1727

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Official speed 67.72 wpm (98.17 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 23, 2017 1:58:08pm UTC
Race Finish November 23, 2017 1:59:47pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 4. aivan2 (60.60 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 109.48
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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.