On two occasions I have been asked, '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.
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Nationality: English Type: Mathematician Born: December 26, 1792 Death: October 18, 1871 |
“I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do what I do every day. It was harder when I started because I didn't see the response, but now I'm out there playing for people and seeing them happy, which makes it all worthwhile.”
“The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.”