Max (17maxklivans)

Race #10102

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Official speed 110.92 wpm (59.94 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 3, 2020 4:15:38pm UTC
Race Finish September 3, 2020 4:16:38pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. mkahue (103.93 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 179.32
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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.