Maize (maizerowan)

Race #9280

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Official speed 83.14 wpm (79.96 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 17, 2017 5:43:33am UTC
Race Finish April 17, 2017 5:44:53am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. abcgamer (82.44 wpm)
3. yeeping1 (67.40 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.