poophead (watermelon69)

Race #161

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Official speed 79.04 wpm (84.11 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 7, 2020 6:06:08pm UTC
Race Finish April 7, 2020 6:07:32pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. iljain (92.78 wpm)
2. meep1003 (81.96 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 127.78
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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.