batbold (bb__)

Race #28870

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Official speed 112.72 wpm (58.98 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 3, 2020 4:36:17pm UTC
Race Finish April 3, 2020 4:37:15pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. jh42477 (101.37 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 182.23
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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.