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Race #772

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Official speed 76.43 wpm (86.98 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 7, 2019 6:32:54am UTC
Race Finish March 7, 2019 6:34:21am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 4. endlessmike15 (72.21 wpm)
5. itdrmts (65.67 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 123.56
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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.