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Race #305

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Official speed 124.14 wpm (53.55 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 28, 2020 3:57:42am UTC
Race Finish February 28, 2020 3:58:35am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. ayeyuhskuh (131.66 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 200.69
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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.