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Race #461

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Official speed 76.53 wpm (86.87 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 3, 2020 11:31:48am UTC
Race Finish August 3, 2020 11:33:15am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. ubershah (99.26 wpm)
2. gamma_knife17 (86.81 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 123.73
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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.