Ryan (sparkblade14)

Race #294

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Official speed 107.12 wpm (62.06 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 7, 2020 2:05:26am UTC
Race Finish October 7, 2020 2:06:28am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. radio_falcon (83.89 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 173.18
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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.