Kunkka (kunkkaa)

Race #297

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Official speed 72.74 wpm (91.39 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 1, 2020 8:41:30am UTC
Race Finish November 1, 2020 8:43:02am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. danishamir (80.87 wpm)
5. kean_saneki (52.40 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 117.60
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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.