masterjabzz25 (masterjabzz25)

Race #642

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Official speed 87.48 wpm (75.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 31, 2018 2:09:24pm UTC
Race Finish August 31, 2018 2:10:40pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. tolya (73.82 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 141.43
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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.