Aloysius (dude101no)

Race #2431

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Official speed 85.49 wpm (77.76 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 28, 2020 11:21:15am UTC
Race Finish November 28, 2020 11:22:32am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. overcomplexification (78.68 wpm)
4. kajohnny (78.58 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 138.22
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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.