Cal (wiscahhhhnsin)

Race #3854

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Official speed 114.69 wpm (57.96 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 18, 2019 1:16:56am UTC
Race Finish November 18, 2019 1:17:54am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. charlieog (124.32 wpm)
3. figzes (97.69 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 185.41
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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.