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Race #8740

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Official speed 168.72 wpm (39.40 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 3, 2020 6:27:31pm UTC
Race Finish January 3, 2020 6:28:10pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. havic9 (112.83 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 272.76
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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.