Filipo (filipo)

Race #330

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Official speed 66.39 wpm (100.14 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 8, 2017 12:42:57pm UTC
Race Finish May 8, 2017 12:44:37pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. mhd0 (87.68 wpm)
2. a_jensen (80.76 wpm)
5. ppubalo (47.95 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
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.