ThursdayJun 11, 2026
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On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
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