Ahmed (nesbmido)

Race #12330

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Official speed 107.21 wpm (62.01 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 25, 2020 12:42:26am UTC
Race Finish March 25, 2020 12:43:28am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. shoelegend88 (126.88 wpm)
2. mark40511 (115.76 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 173.32
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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.