Alan (bl4n)

Race #2365

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Official speed 53.26 wpm (124.82 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 29, 2020 4:50:56am UTC
Race Finish November 29, 2020 4:53:01am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. yesman9527 (68.48 wpm)
Accuracy 93.0%
Points 86.11
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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.