So there is actually no communication taking place at all? If that were true, then what is the meaning of the word communication?
Cheers! Sam Carana On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 17, 6:24 pm, Sam Carana <[email protected]> wrote: >> If that's the case, does any communication actually occur? >> >> I mean, if information only exists when observed by the receiver, >> isn't that merely an observation, rather than communication? >> >> Isn't communication more than merely the observation at the receiver's >> end? Doesn't communication imply meaning being transferred from the >> sender to the receiver? >> > > The transfer is figurative, not literal. Just as you can only > understand your own version of what I'm writing, which is the overlap > of my ability to put my meaning into words and your ability to get > your meaning out of them. The meaning actually comes from within 'you' > as opposed to within these pixels/characters/binary signals. The > meaning of the pixels comes from within the cells of the retina and > the neurons of the visual cortex. It's a protocol stack of sense. > > Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
