Justin (justinjd)

Race #1411

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Official speed 106.73 wpm (62.29 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 27, 2018 8:24:43am UTC
Race Finish January 27, 2018 8:25:45am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. jlachney (126.25 wpm)
3. sk8terboi723 (99.76 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 172.55
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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.