Chris
Posts:
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Registered:
11/1/11
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Re: information theory?
Posted:
Nov 2, 2011 11:02 AM
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Be careful going down this path. For me it was much more interesting
in theory than in practice.
Me in 2008: "Like, what *is* the nature of information, man?" (waves
hand to clear smoke from the room)
Then I signed up for Info Theory, and I spent a whole semester taking
integrals of logs of probability distributions and proving that one
was bounded by the other.
On Nov 1, 1:29 pm, RichD <r_delaney2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, Chris <chris.sant...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Do you have a specific question? Or just want to lurk and learn?
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> I'd like to lurk someplace, where there are discussions
> of current topics. It's such a rich field, there are always
> new ideas.
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> > Information Theory was the hardest class I took in grad school. So
> > abstract, and so much probability.... but it's a cool topic
> > nonetheless.
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> I read Shannon's paper long go, and found it fascinating
> ever since. In the most general sense, it's applicable
> to so many areas. For instance, people have recast
> thermodynamics as information processing. Or, you
> could model the entire universe as a computer, and
> information theory applies. It even describes human
> nature - manipulating symbols is what separates us
> from the apes.
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> > > >Are there any boards, or private blogs, dedicated
> > > >to discussion of information theory?
>
> --
> Rich
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