Sissel (theonetrite)

Race #96

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Official speed 70.31 wpm (94.55 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 14, 2019 10:41:48pm UTC
Race Finish September 14, 2019 10:43:23pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. jeffrey7212 (90.46 wpm)
3. kingthiccness (61.99 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 113.67
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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.