k (mc0sta)

Race #20005

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Official speed 75.65 wpm (87.88 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 7, 2018 7:04:38am UTC
Race Finish June 7, 2018 7:06:06am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. ayush97554 (71.40 wpm)
3. imajic (65.87 wpm)
4. predmax (55.28 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 122.30
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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.