Bennett (bnnttnwhk)

Race #5117

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Official speed 75.21 wpm (88.39 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 31, 2020 10:04:31pm UTC
Race Finish October 31, 2020 10:05:59pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 4)
Opponents 1. tkwon14 (97.19 wpm)
3. peegang (76.47 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 121.60
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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.