Lucas (lukedasloth3)

Race #642

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Official speed 106.66 wpm (62.33 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 26, 2020 11:49:55pm UTC
Race Finish February 26, 2020 11:50:57pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. kingjeffxii (106.80 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 172.44
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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.