Ivan (agrus)

Race #9773

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Official speed 75.44 wpm (88.12 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 18, 2017 6:34:00pm UTC
Race Finish February 18, 2017 6:35:29pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. vincent_aik (71.42 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
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.