Marco (studiouscloud)

Race #974

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Official speed 58.08 wpm (114.46 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 5, 2020 5:43:57pm UTC
Race Finish December 5, 2020 5:45:51pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. funkychunkymon (71.69 wpm)
3. lysy69420 (61.19 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 93.90
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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.