David (cmagic_f)

Race #1501

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Official speed 78.04 wpm (85.19 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 11, 2020 2:55:52pm UTC
Race Finish January 11, 2020 2:57:17pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. iamtheo (74.90 wpm)
3. jharwell626 (72.54 wpm)
4. stoician (71.79 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 126.16
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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.