Duck (ducktyperacer)

Race #3828

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Official speed 95.59 wpm (69.55 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 17, 2019 4:59:50pm UTC
Race Finish February 17, 2019 5:01:00pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. kaz_the_kuz (83.55 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 154.54
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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.