Hassan (ha559)

Race #5756

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Official speed 79.21 wpm (83.93 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 22, 2020 11:12:31pm UTC
Race Finish September 22, 2020 11:13:55pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. leqici (94.21 wpm)
2. timboly3 (89.05 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 128.06
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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.