KayZed (kayzed)

Race #2165

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Official speed 59.66 wpm (111.43 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 1, 2017 5:08:19am UTC
Race Finish August 1, 2017 5:10:10am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. satya1110 (56.50 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 96.45
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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.