Robert (lonewulf92)

Race #63

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Official speed 106.33 wpm (62.52 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 16, 2017 1:10:18am UTC
Race Finish June 16, 2017 1:11:21am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 98.0%
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.