Tobias (tobi321)

Race #87

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Official speed 55.87 wpm (118.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 10, 2018 1:25:27pm UTC
Race Finish April 10, 2018 1:27:26pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. edgystartilt (62.66 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 90.33
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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.