Alex (achen2289)

Race #114

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Official speed 95.64 wpm (69.51 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 24, 2017 3:58:17am UTC
Race Finish October 24, 2017 3:59:27am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. krisco (121.81 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 154.62
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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.