rock_hat (glitchscott)

Race #9124

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Official speed 109.29 wpm (60.83 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 22, 2019 7:00:16pm UTC
Race Finish April 22, 2019 7:01:17pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 3. topcool (83.92 wpm)
4. 23bmoney23 (83.24 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 176.69
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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.