Mahmoud (opssheesh)

Race #7930

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Official speed 78.03 wpm (85.20 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 25, 2020 4:34:11pm UTC
Race Finish April 25, 2020 4:35:36pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. jlataire (79.24 wpm)
4. veltzer (72.43 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 126.15
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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.