Welcome to Brazil (thunder02)

Race #943

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Official speed 94.28 wpm (70.51 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 29, 2020 6:12:04am UTC
Race Finish January 29, 2020 6:13:15am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 3. krouthen (80.60 wpm)
5. farameer1 (68.58 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 152.43
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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.