Paul (pkanas)

Race #11244

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Official speed 108.15 wpm (61.47 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 13, 2017 12:17:42am UTC
Race Finish February 13, 2017 12:18:43am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. kbeast (128.87 wpm)
3. merebanana (102.57 wpm)
4. plutoking (85.68 wpm)
Accuracy 92.0%
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.