Ibrahim (ibrahim1018)

Race #647

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Official speed 74.57 wpm (89.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 25, 2019 4:39:26pm UTC
Race Finish December 25, 2019 4:40:55pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. jtang600 (96.70 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 120.56
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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.