Trippis (djomlax)

Race #1960

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Official speed 70.61 wpm (94.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 30, 2018 1:46:56pm UTC
Race Finish January 30, 2018 1:48:30pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. rushit (70.28 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 114.15
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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.