jacob (specterr)

Race #29

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Official speed 92.42 wpm (71.93 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 6, 2020 1:53:45am UTC
Race Finish November 6, 2020 1:54:57am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. rilee_h443 (104.69 wpm)
3. daych (96.00 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 149.42
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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.