sami (sami66)

Race #481

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Official speed 66.00 wpm (100.73 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 14, 2019 5:31:11pm UTC
Race Finish April 14, 2019 5:32:52pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. miach (68.59 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 106.70
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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.