Gagan Deep (gagan0123)

Race #574

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Official speed 75.98 wpm (87.50 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 28, 2020 3:34:51pm UTC
Race Finish March 28, 2020 3:36:18pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 4. ahmet190 (68.50 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 122.84
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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.