Moronic Typer (yong955143)

Race #3286

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Official speed 87.63 wpm (75.86 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 13, 2019 1:02:15am UTC
Race Finish December 13, 2019 1:03:31am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. qwestfinder (103.08 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 141.67
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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.