DB21 (db_21)

Race #3

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Official speed 76.20 wpm (87.24 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 1, 2020 5:39:15pm UTC
Race Finish March 1, 2020 5:40:43pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. higq (88.40 wpm)
5. chhavijain1111 (62.59 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 123.20
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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.