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Racer Adhiraj (itypefasterthanyourmum)
Race Number 117
Date Wed, 27 Mar 2019 5:45:05
Speed 63 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.2%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents intellectualcreatures (1st place) steve2085 (3rd place)

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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.
— (book) by Alan M. Turing (see stats)

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