Ryan (ryanhk116)

Race #51

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Official speed 99.10 wpm (67.08 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 17, 2019 9:21:27pm UTC
Race Finish February 17, 2019 9:22:35pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. mattlo (100.88 wpm)
2. irving1234028 (99.50 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 160.21
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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.