Christian (cslarsenrf)

Race #996

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Official speed 119.47 wpm (55.65 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 24, 2017 12:58:50pm UTC
Race Finish July 24, 2017 12:59:46pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. p0sh (106.35 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
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.