Vaibhav (vaibhav974)

Race #1384

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Official speed 70.18 wpm (94.73 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 21, 2017 4:58:02am UTC
Race Finish July 21, 2017 4:59:37am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. joezuu (82.59 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 0.00
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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.