Alexander (need4speed402)

Race #9436

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Official speed 86.75 wpm (76.63 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 3, 2017 9:32:28pm UTC
Race Finish May 3, 2017 9:33:45pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. rainnonquit (131.11 wpm)
Accuracy 91.0%
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.