Mohammad (mohammad1)

Race #5

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Official speed 55.07 wpm (120.72 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 17, 2018 8:40:44pm UTC
Race Finish November 17, 2018 8:42:44pm UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 1. elessarbre (65.57 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 89.04
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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.