herny (helluherny)

Race #1831

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Official speed 79.54 wpm (83.58 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 11, 2019 3:30:05am UTC
Race Finish June 11, 2019 3:31:29am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. 14mkim (112.48 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 128.58
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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.