Jonathan (pangj130)

Race #5

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Official speed 78.12 wpm (85.10 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 22, 2020 5:06:21am UTC
Race Finish March 22, 2020 5:07:46am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. pookpok (96.09 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 126.29
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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.