Puppy (puppysmile)

Race #8838

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Official speed 57.92 wpm (114.78 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 8, 2017 4:28:51pm UTC
Race Finish February 8, 2017 4:30:46pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. vincent_aik (71.18 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 0.00
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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.