Marcellus (krouthen)

Race #462

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Official speed 79.92 wpm (83.18 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 29, 2019 2:32:16am UTC
Race Finish October 29, 2019 2:33:39am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 2)
Opponents 1. homeboy2603 (83.86 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 129.20
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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.