Divu (divdev25)

Race #2684

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Official speed 61.94 wpm (107.33 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 7, 2018 12:32:32am UTC
Race Finish June 7, 2018 12:34:19am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. mattyhassett (76.16 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 100.14
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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.