Nikhil (nikhilaii93)

Race #2813

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Official speed 61.70 wpm (107.75 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 7, 2019 3:22:25am UTC
Race Finish October 7, 2019 3:24:12am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 99.75
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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.