Andrej (demonlish)

Race #1091

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Official speed 76.46 wpm (86.95 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 26, 2019 4:24:39pm UTC
Race Finish January 26, 2019 4:26:06pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. bolemax_accuracy (93.85 wpm)
2. charmx (89.03 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 123.60
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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.