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Race #4212

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Official speed 68.73 wpm (96.73 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 14, 2018 1:51:05pm UTC
Race Finish February 14, 2018 1:52:42pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. gaurav021992 (67.82 wpm)
4. neoahead (59.52 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 111.12
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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.