Adi (adicyberg)

Race #501

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Official speed 70.33 wpm (94.53 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 18, 2019 7:15:41am UTC
Race Finish January 18, 2019 7:17:16am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 3)
Opponents 1. quipo (101.53 wpm)
2. ryanmalvo (71.29 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 113.70
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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.