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Race #2838

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Official speed 150.87 wpm (44.06 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 24, 2018 7:56:42pm UTC
Race Finish July 24, 2018 7:57:27pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 3. taro_curly (99.90 wpm)
4. miket349 (91.76 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 243.91
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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.