Pawat (pawat4988)

Race #4031

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Official speed 58.55 wpm (113.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 19, 2019 2:01:19pm UTC
Race Finish August 19, 2019 2:03:12pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. sonnysixteen (67.58 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 94.66
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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.