SilverMium (silvermist7235)

Race #76

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Official speed 100.09 wpm (66.42 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 16, 2017 8:28:30pm UTC
Race Finish June 16, 2017 8:29:36pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. johnsmp (81.51 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 0.00
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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.