Prosper (prosperhuang)

Race #2132

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Official speed 66.45 wpm (100.05 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 9, 2020 1:17:22am UTC
Race Finish May 9, 2020 1:19:02am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 4. miminpickle (56.16 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 107.44
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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.