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Race Result Details |
| Racer | (sputype) |
| Race Number | 12988 |
| Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2017 5:07:09 |
| Speed |
75 WPM
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| Accuracy | 95.6% |
| Rank | 1st place (out of 4) |
| Opponents | brainaic (3rd place) sprainedankles (2nd place) |
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Here then was the paradox of the President's speech. We normals - aided, doubtless, by our wish to be fooled - were indeed well and truly fooled ("Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur"). And so cunningly was deceptive word-use combined with deceptive tone, that only the brain-damaged remained intact, undeceived.
—
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
 (book)
by Oliver Sacks
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