Guts (noob_06)

Race #1507

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Official speed 86.36 wpm (76.98 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 23, 2017 3:04:52am UTC
Race Finish July 23, 2017 3:06:09am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. norman0123 (93.41 wpm)
2. lambster (90.09 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 0.00
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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.