Ser (juzser)

Race #49

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Official speed 53.16 wpm (125.06 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 25, 2019 8:05:22am UTC
Race Finish July 25, 2019 8:07:27am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 2. em_k (68.99 wpm)
4. seagalputra (57.76 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 85.94
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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.