Re: [OPE] intermission: value of knowledge

From: Dave Zachariah <davez@kth.se>
Date: Sat Nov 21 2009 - 03:05:43 EST

Paula wrote:
>
> It means 'different' information. Can we even quantify information?

Indeed we can, and it was this discovery that made it possible for us to
engage in this communication.

See my answer to you in January 2009:

    http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive/0901/0030.html

The Wiki:s give more elaborate summaries:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantities_of_information
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_Complexity

//Dave Z
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