sda (sdaa)

Race #1391

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Official speed 86.87 wpm (76.53 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 23, 2018 9:23:54am UTC
Race Finish July 23, 2018 9:25:11am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 2. nawid113 (94.73 wpm)
4. spritemite (76.01 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 140.43
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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.