Bryan (braheem007)

Race #4

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Official speed 75.60 wpm (87.94 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 12, 2019 10:51:29pm UTC
Race Finish October 12, 2019 10:52:57pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 2. phlofy (94.93 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 122.22
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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.