Gianluca (subbuglio)

Race #911

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Official speed 54.76 wpm (121.40 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 24, 2017 8:02:26am UTC
Race Finish June 24, 2017 8:04:27am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. araconda (76.70 wpm)
2. craizar (74.38 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
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.