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Race #39724

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Official speed 172.93 wpm (38.44 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 22, 2017 3:10:28am UTC
Race Finish January 22, 2017 3:11:06am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Opponents 2. aaronadams (132.90 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 0.00
Text #3622360 (Length: 554 characters)

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.