Ahmad (slayman19)

Race #21173

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Official speed 142.98 wpm (46.50 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 27, 2020 2:31:04pm UTC
Race Finish March 27, 2020 2:31:50pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. rubberdome (139.48 wpm)
3. crdm0 (132.71 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 231.15
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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.