List,
Please allow me to respond to Loet about the definition of information
stated below.
1. the definition of information as uncertainty is counter-intuitive
("bizarre"); (p. 27)
I agree. I struggled with this definition for a long time before realising
that Shannon was really discussing
Dear Dick - I loved your analysis. You are right on the money. It also explains
why Shannon dominated the field of information. He had a mathematical formula
and there is nothing more appealing to a scientist than a mathematical formula.
But you are right his formula only tells us of how many
