righteous (trustjesus)

Race #1915

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Official speed 73.87 wpm (90.00 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 1, 2020 5:51:55pm UTC
Race Finish January 1, 2020 5:53:25pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. the_oko (85.09 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 119.42
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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.