Charles Babbage quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
Found in the topic Confuse.

"I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all."
Found in the topic Error.

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