Mikey (miket349)

Race #48647

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Official speed 100.24 wpm (66.32 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 2, 2019 10:25:39pm UTC
Race Finish March 2, 2019 10:26:45pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. 49027653 (147.74 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 162.05
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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.