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Race #7010

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Official speed 133.60 wpm (49.76 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 10, 2020 5:20:59pm UTC
Race Finish June 10, 2020 5:21:49pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Opponents 2. ken_tuano (102.13 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 215.99
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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.