Aaron (aaronadamsnonquit)

Race #242

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Official speed 134.86 wpm (49.30 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 25, 2018 3:24:17am UTC
Race Finish June 25, 2018 3:25:06am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. bblaise (161.66 wpm)
3. jessegarcia (121.66 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 218.02
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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.