King (kingthiccness)

Race #3905

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Official speed 63.69 wpm (104.38 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 21, 2019 4:22:40pm UTC
Race Finish October 21, 2019 4:24:24pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. owlfire (75.98 wpm)
2. virtualvector (66.29 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 102.96
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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.