proteinpowder (john924xps)

Race #260

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Official speed 91.50 wpm (72.66 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 16, 2019 4:02:01am UTC
Race Finish May 16, 2019 4:03:14am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. slethron (72.46 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 147.92
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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.