Abhisek (_typing_)

Race #5358

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Official speed 73.37 wpm (90.61 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 6, 2020 10:29:30am UTC
Race Finish September 6, 2020 10:31:00am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. keypist (81.44 wpm)
3. skywalker123 (65.72 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 118.61
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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.