Richardthughes
Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006
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Quote (Joe G @ Mar. 01 2013,12:55) | Quote (Jim_Wynne @ Mar. 01 2013,12:29) | Quote (olegt @ Mar. 01 2013,12:21) | Quote (Joe G @ Mar. 01 2013,12:07) | Richie, what oleg quoted supports what I am saying- Shannon's use of the word "information" is a special case. The ordinary use of the word "information" goes hand-in-hand with meaning.
Textbooks= information= meaning
dictionaries= information= meaning
technical manuals= information= meaning
computer programs= information= meaning |
Joe,
Go and read Shannon's paper. Find out what he actually wrote. His measure of information is not a "special case" of information. It is a quantitative measure of it.
So that you could understand it. Mass is not a special case of Joe Gallien. It is a quantity characterizing one aspect of Joe Gallien. |
It doesn't matter whether Joe actually understands or not. If he should suddenly come to his limited senses and understand the concept, his personality defect will keep him from ever admitting that he was wrong in the first place. Admitting error or misunderstanding is far worse than making a fool of oneself in Joe's little mind. |
I understand it, Jim. I would bet that I understand it better than you.
And I see that you have no problem with making a fool out of yourself. |
Meet him in the parkinglot to bet!
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