Joseph (jmorag)

Race #211

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Official speed 64.14 wpm (103.65 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 13, 2020 4:01:29pm UTC
Race Finish March 13, 2020 4:03:13pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. faisalwaqas65 (75.73 wpm)
4. chandu998 (60.67 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 103.69
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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.