Eduardo (purplehaha)

Race #2367

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Official speed 90.94 wpm (73.10 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 12, 2020 8:55:42pm UTC
Race Finish September 12, 2020 8:56:55pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. mark40511 (100.70 wpm)
2. whatisupyou (91.80 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 147.01
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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.