epicgamer412 (epicgamer412)

Race #1090

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Official speed 83.23 wpm (79.88 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 9, 2019 10:11:27pm UTC
Race Finish September 9, 2019 10:12:46pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 4)
Opponents 2. updowncharm (100.09 wpm)
3. nizuu (84.38 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 134.56
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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.