Posted by Craig Maudlin on March 12, 1998 at 19:18:03:

In Reply to: Re: Difficulties with Information Theory posted by Yogesh Malhotra on March 11, 1998 at 23:15:05:

Karl Erik Sveiby seems to be saying much the same thing at the end of his page "WHAT IS INFORMATION?" at:

http://www.sveiby.com.au/Information.html

"Information has No Value and No Meaning"
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"The conclusion from following Shannon is that information has no value in itself. The value of information comes out mainly in connection with human action or as an indirect relation.

"A lot of what scientists have been working with in experimental psychology and the information sciences is based on the notion that information has a meaning or value independent of the user. If one follows Shannon`s notion, they have been studying special cases like the closed system or the level of reduced information only.

"A still unsolved issue is why (at least some) systems theorists seem to base their analysis on an interpretation of Shannon that goes against his theory."

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