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Race #2457

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Official speed 108.90 wpm (61.05 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 25, 2019 10:33:55pm UTC
Race Finish February 25, 2019 10:34:56pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. kyukang (96.60 wpm)
3. danielrt3 (96.52 wpm)
5. djoshi (81.43 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 176.05
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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.