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by thesz
1517 days ago
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And that problem was foreseen by members of British Parlament two centuries ago [1]: 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. [1] https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Babbage/qu... |
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