Rajan (purebrahman)

Race #6633

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Official speed 69.03 wpm (96.31 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 1, 2020 6:25:44pm UTC
Race Finish October 1, 2020 6:27:20pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. fl1p0ut (62.25 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 111.60
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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.