prisonarrow (fivethirtyeight)

Race #3762

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Official speed 106.47 wpm (42.04 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 14, 2020 3:04:20pm UTC
Race Finish August 14, 2020 3:05:03pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 111.80
Text #3811413 (Length: 373 characters)

In Newton's time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge, at least in outline. But since then, the pace of the development of science has made this impossible. Because theories are always being changed to account for new observations, they are never properly digested or simplified so that ordinary people can understand them.