Jake (legac3e)

Race #596

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Official speed 128.75 wpm (51.63 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 20, 2020 6:59:16am UTC
Race Finish September 20, 2020 7:00:07am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. clearlynotkevin (101.08 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 208.15
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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.