Matt (n00ton)

Race #107

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Official speed 95.57 wpm (69.56 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 26, 2020 8:11:57pm UTC
Race Finish September 26, 2020 8:13:06pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. zzrjoe (87.64 wpm)
3. d8vidherrera (87.31 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 154.50
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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.