Bryan (bryanoncolemak)

Race #3205

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Official speed 76.72 wpm (86.65 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 20, 2020 11:04:57am UTC
Race Finish March 20, 2020 11:06:23am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. karonar (86.16 wpm)
5. the_avg_dude (69.82 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 124.03
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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.