AE86 (inertia_dorifto)

Race #99

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Official speed 87.86 wpm (75.67 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 14, 2020 1:35:18am UTC
Race Finish December 14, 2020 1:36:33am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. _trailblazer_ (95.29 wpm)
3. michaelandjack (82.94 wpm)
4. andarson (76.33 wpm)
5. kylegt (71.46 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 142.04
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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.