Alex (alex_yarets)

Race #1655

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Official speed 67.75 wpm (98.13 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 1, 2017 7:07:40pm UTC
Race Finish June 1, 2017 7:09:18pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 4)
Opponents 1. kungszehon (84.89 wpm)
2. squirr3l (80.24 wpm)
3. doommonky (76.74 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
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.