Jane Austen's concept of information
Installed: 26 Apr 2013 Updates: 14 Dec 2018;29 Jun 2019 (reorg); 30 Dec 2020; 22 Aug 2021(reformat) 12 Jul 2017; 1 Jun 2018; 7 Aug 2018; 29 Aug 2018; 4 Sep 2018 10 Mar 2015; 29 May 2015 (Added introduction);4 Jun 2015; 30 Apr 2013; 16 Dec 2013; 27 Dec 2013; 6 Aug 2014; Many of Shannon's admirers seem to have forgotten that there is a much older, widely used, theoretically important notion of "information". For example, it was familiar to Jane Austen and used in her novels, over a century before Shannon, as illustrated below. The concept also occurs in non-technical, conversational, uses of the word "information". This ancient concept of information, or meaning, is essential for our understanding of biological evolution and its products (including humans) and for attempts to understand what natural intelligence is and how it works, including attempts to model and replicate natural intelligence in machines. Shannon himself did not make this mistake of conflating the old concept of semant
Installed: 26 Apr 2013 Updates: 14 Dec 2018;29 Jun 2019 (reorg); 30 Dec 2020; 22 Aug 2021(reformat) 12 Jul 2017; 1 Jun 2018; 7 Aug 2018; 29 Aug 2018; 4 Sep 2018 10 Mar 2015; 29 May 2015 (Added introduction);4 Jun 2015; 30 Apr 2013; 16 Dec 2013; 27 Dec 2013; 6 Aug 2014; Many of Shannon's admirers seem to have forgotten that there is a much older, widely used, theoretically important notion of "information". For example, it was familiar to Jane Austen and used in her novels, over a century before Shannon, as illustrated below. The concept also occurs in non-technical, conversational, uses of the
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