Matthew (d3f1n3d)

Race #3701

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Official speed 97.94 wpm (67.88 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 26, 2017 2:13:22am UTC
Race Finish October 26, 2017 2:14:30am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 3. heclord (84.91 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 158.34
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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.