Patrick (crimsontalon)

Race #4

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Official speed 108.81 wpm (61.10 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 19, 2017 6:39:31pm UTC
Race Finish January 19, 2017 6:40:33pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. siglemic (95.12 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.