Dat Boi (lo1995)

Race #23

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Official speed 67.84 wpm (98.00 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 29, 2017 8:31:50am UTC
Race Finish May 29, 2017 8:33:28am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Accuracy 90.0%
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.