sherimori (sherimori)

Race #5249

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Official speed 106.78 wpm (62.26 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 23, 2017 5:44:33pm UTC
Race Finish May 23, 2017 5:45:35pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. supkylejohnson (111.20 wpm)
4. mattbierwirth (92.52 wpm)
5. snarkyp (90.87 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 0.00
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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.