Redon (redon1998)

Race #377

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Official speed 51.62 wpm (128.79 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 17, 2020 8:17:03pm UTC
Race Finish December 17, 2020 8:19:12pm UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 2. kamil_jan (70.73 wpm)
3. nismo_gtr (64.32 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 83.46
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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.