Tim (timbob5380)

Race #2175

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Official speed 62.52 wpm (106.33 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 25, 2020 1:44:36pm UTC
Race Finish May 25, 2020 1:46:23pm UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 2. imtiaz123 (87.59 wpm)
3. leeisateam (83.92 wpm)
4. ufo_lander_android_game (66.42 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 101.08
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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.