yah-yeet (dingdong768)

Race #1821

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Official speed 94.54 wpm (70.32 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 21, 2019 5:30:43am UTC
Race Finish November 21, 2019 5:31:53am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. paceyq (106.44 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 152.84
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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.