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Race #7457

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Official speed 86.13 wpm (77.19 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 12, 2018 7:59:22pm UTC
Race Finish January 12, 2018 8:00:39pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 1. b0zly (106.41 wpm)
5. white_fire (79.01 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 139.24
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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.