[CG] Re: Pragmatic Semiotic Information

Pragmatic Semiotic Information • 8 [CG Group, I don't know what the issue was in this group — I did update my Norton security just this morning so maybe it's doing something new or hopefully transient. Anyway, I'm resending this without links or attachments.] Information Recapitulated — Suppose we find ourselves in the classification‑augmented or sign‑enhanced situation of uncertainty shown in Figure 5. What difference does it make to our state of information regarding the objective outcome if we heed one or the other of the two signs, “A” or “B”, at least, operating on the charitable assumption we grasp the significance of each sign? Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Figure 5 [see previous post] • Under the sign “A” our uncertainty is reduced from log 5 to log 3. • Under the sign “B” our uncertainty is reduced from log 5 to log 2. The above characteristics of the relation between uncertainty and information allow us to define the “information capacity” of a communication channel as the “average uncertainty reduction on receiving a sign”, a formula with the splendid mnemonic “AURORAS”. Regards, Jon