1.2 Data, Information & Meaning

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Learning increases information in a system.

Why is communication necessary for learning? It would seem to be unrelated?

Communication provides two aspects, a constraint and a method of mapping two systems to each other to create meaning.

Some basic definitions first.

Data: a recording of sensory perceptions, 'observations' might better to describe a sensory perception

Sensory receptive field: field of external stimuli that results in an observation by a sensor

Information: a measure of signs (data and their relationships) in a system, how many signs are present in a system, typically calculated either as independent information (Shannon) or dependent information (LZW complexity information) or prescriptive information (Kolmogorov information)