Abhishek (abc_cs)

Race #16851

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Official speed 85.35 wpm (77.89 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 26, 2020 9:34:37am UTC
Race Finish February 26, 2020 9:35:55am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. pongix (94.43 wpm)
4. mohmahkho (77.61 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 137.98
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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.