Blake (samuryon)

Race #1133

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Official speed 64.88 wpm (102.47 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 22, 2017 12:19:18am UTC
Race Finish January 22, 2017 12:21:01am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. vanilla51111 (110.57 wpm)
2. wuhan_clan (67.45 wpm)
Accuracy 93.0%
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.