Angel (angelvalentin80)

Race #1009

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Official speed 76.59 wpm (86.80 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 13, 2019 1:17:38am UTC
Race Finish December 13, 2019 1:19:05am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. biotic_god (80.30 wpm)
3. ita17 (73.78 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 123.82
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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.