tken (tken_tokyo)

Race #1214

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Official speed 60.37 wpm (110.12 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 4, 2019 1:32:23am UTC
Race Finish August 4, 2019 1:34:13am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Opponents 2. jmarrin (50.90 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 97.59
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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.