Grag (rob3r)

Race #2879

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Official speed 77.96 wpm (85.27 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 20, 2018 12:52:59am UTC
Race Finish August 20, 2018 12:54:24am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. thaboggla (90.22 wpm)
4. procupine (72.45 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 126.03
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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.