asdf (bakedchicken)

Race #421

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Official speed 125.89 wpm (52.81 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 7, 2017 10:51:53pm UTC
Race Finish June 7, 2017 10:52:46pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. calculusnut (107.67 wpm)
3. vdud3 (106.15 wpm)
5. santye94 (96.96 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
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.