Garbage in, garbage out
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In computer science, garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) describes the concept that flawed, or nonsense input data produces nonsense output or "garbage".
The principle also applies more generally to all analysis and logic, in that arguments are unsound if their premises are flawed.
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