Michael (mhuang97)

Race #90

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Official speed 125.35 wpm (53.04 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 28, 2019 12:18:33am UTC
Race Finish February 28, 2019 12:19:26am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. jessegarcia (141.45 wpm)
3. 23bmoney23 (78.49 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 202.65
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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.