C (fl1p0ut)

Race #332

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Official speed 62.25 wpm (106.80 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 1, 2020 6:25:44pm UTC
Race Finish October 1, 2020 6:27:31pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. purebrahman (69.03 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 100.63
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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.