J0kerJ4y (j0kerj4y)

Race #2902

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Official speed 81.92 wpm (81.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 29, 2020 11:41:32am UTC
Race Finish May 29, 2020 11:42:53am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. azathoth4 (65.06 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 132.44
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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.