King (lil_bygone)

Race #4201

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Official speed 89.02 wpm (74.68 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 7, 2018 9:13:21pm UTC
Race Finish July 7, 2018 9:14:35pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. nerfedcookie (100.72 wpm)
4. frankxu (85.64 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 143.91
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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.