Jason (jasonbmagat)

Race #5420

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Official speed 95.23 wpm (69.81 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 16, 2020 10:22:18am UTC
Race Finish July 16, 2020 10:23:28am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. observer_02 (94.27 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 153.96
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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.