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There are so many incommensurables in your argument. Should they have spent the money on trucks or information? Did Enigma do anything or did it merely preven
by hasmanean 5y ago
There are so many incommensurables in your argument.
Should they have spent the money on trucks or information?
Did Enigma do anything or did it merely prevent losses?
Should they have invested in spies or computers?
There is another possibility…was enigma merely a front to mask the real source of the information—-some human source? Initially its value could have been as a “check” on the intelligence coming in from a German source. The fact that it led to the development of computing must be entirely due to Alan Turing’s influence.