Cheryl (typingprincess28)

Race #61

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Official speed 72.29 wpm (91.96 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 15, 2020 11:47:21am UTC
Race Finish June 15, 2020 11:48:53am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. blindcide (87.75 wpm)
2. wille_1 (74.59 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 116.88
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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.