anurag (sabanurag)

Race #15527

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Official speed 108.03 wpm (61.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 10, 2020 2:04:02am UTC
Race Finish December 10, 2020 2:05:04am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. klingeda (109.12 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 174.65
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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.