Blast (rosewolf)

Race #10221

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Official speed 154.07 wpm (43.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 2, 2018 4:04:41pm UTC
Race Finish June 2, 2018 4:05:24pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 249.09
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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.