Jiong Yang (yangfoo)

Race #7646

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Official speed 91.60 wpm (72.58 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 3, 2020 5:40:17am UTC
Race Finish December 3, 2020 5:41:30am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. ckai (68.03 wpm)
3. izzy4336 (67.62 wpm)
4. nuwaisir (64.00 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 148.09
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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.