Rosalyn (raisetheroof)

Race #1663

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Official speed 84.64 wpm (78.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 13, 2018 10:43:44pm UTC
Race Finish March 13, 2018 10:45:03pm UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 1. izzi_e (132.19 wpm)
2. charadeparade (99.76 wpm)
3. cerealbox42 (90.34 wpm)
4. mcfrg (89.86 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 136.83
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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.