reckless intuitions of an epistemic hygienist ([info]gustavolacerda) wrote,
@ 2006-08-01 16:09:00
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The Mathematical Theory of Information
The Mathematical Theory of Information (which is based on the "Law of Diminishing Information", a.k.a. "the GIGO principle"), on "semantic information theory", seems like an interesting book.

It smells a bit crackpottish though: the concepts seem overly general (such fields, e.g. "systems theory", tend to attract crackpots). Furthermore, the author hasn't published anything outside of Wolfram's conference, and the only reviewers I recognize are Chaitin and Calude.


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[info]mauitian
2006-08-01 08:56 pm UTC (link)
Looks decent.

Amazon just recently spiffed out their "Search inside" feature. Go check it out.
You can do a search on the area you're interested in (or page number) and then read those few pages out of the book. After ten or twenty pages you'll hit Amazon's limit, and have to buy the book or come back later for more.

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[info]gustavolacerda
2006-08-01 09:00 pm UTC (link)
do you buy his arguments on physics?

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[info]mauitian
2006-08-01 09:47 pm UTC (link)
I'd have to see the specific arguments you're talking about.

But, in general, I'm sticking with "looks decent," and maybe even unusually enjoyable for what is usually a dry topic.

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[info]gustavolacerda
2006-08-02 08:07 am UTC (link)
http://www.matheory.info/questions.html#physics

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