Johnny (tagit)

Race #411

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Official speed 68.47 wpm (97.09 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 3, 2017 6:24:59pm UTC
Race Finish December 3, 2017 6:26:36pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 2. tutantontut (67.97 wpm)
3. tahir_leic (66.53 wpm)
4. coocooman3 (65.93 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 110.69
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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.