josh (joshbuggy)

Race #1271

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Official speed 99.58 wpm (66.76 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 28, 2020 2:03:03am UTC
Race Finish September 28, 2020 2:04:10am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. nika07 (105.46 wpm)
4. fexer (82.41 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 160.98
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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.