Mike Sucks (wuhan_clan)

Race #503

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Official speed 82.65 wpm (80.44 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 22, 2017 9:04:26pm UTC
Race Finish January 22, 2017 9:05:47pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. moron212 (103.34 wpm)
2. ohmygevalt (88.64 wpm)
4. mindcrime (74.93 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 0.00
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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.