Apex (cyrion6)

Race #98

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Official speed 72.55 wpm (91.63 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 11, 2018 11:22:11am UTC
Race Finish February 11, 2018 11:23:42am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 5. varunguptas (52.47 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 117.28
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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.