Caleb (calebtypers)

Race #26

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Official speed 99.10 wpm (67.08 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 22, 2019 11:32:00pm UTC
Race Finish December 22, 2019 11:33:08pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 4. igoalonso (59.11 wpm)
Accuracy 100.0%
Points 160.20
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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.