n o t h i n g (whyme__)

Race #5548

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Official speed 81.07 wpm (82.00 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 19, 2020 9:41:04pm UTC
Race Finish December 19, 2020 9:42:26pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. spammaam (75.81 wpm)
3. ballsinyourface (74.37 wpm)
4. burdturglar (72.75 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 131.07
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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.