vol 7: Notes
2004
11 January
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[Notebook: Transfinite field theory DB 56]
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[page 33]
Right and wrong. Wrong begins to matter when it exists relative to a significant fraction of the powers that be. WRONG = LACKING FITNESS, let us say FITNESS < 1.
[page 34]
A position gains 'righteousness' as a larger fraction of the power that is accepts it.
One purpose of theology is to provide a reasonable morality. Theologians (historically at least) try to advance partitions of the set of possible human actions into moral, amoral and immoral. We are in that business to, using a new paradigm based on science rather than ancient text representing an era whose science was very much smaller than now.
The paradox of education : by confining children in classrooms, we broaden their minds. How does this work? Some say that it does not. On the other hand, the 3 R's. no matter how effectively taught, do reveal the backbone of society and enable people to move beyond the immediate present. The contents of a communication, while in transit, are effectively dead, outside time, like photons and texts. Perhaps the E-Theorem provides further insight. Khinchin p 54 sqq. By confining children's behaviour to a certain defined set of actions that may be permuted together to form messages (the high frequency set) we increase the breadth and efficiency (if not the depth) of social communication. So public education has played a fundamental role in creating large scale communities (cities, nations, united nations etc) of people sharing similar 'manners' (communication protocols).
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Saturday 17 January 2003
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| Khinchin, A I, Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory (translated by P A Silvermann and M D Friedman), Dover 1957 Jacket: 'The first comprehensive introduction to information theory, this book places the work begun by Shannon and continued by McMillan, Feinstein and Khinchin on a rigorous mathematical basis. For the first time, mathematicians, statisticians, physicists, cyberneticists and communications engineers are offered a lucid, comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing field.' Amazon back |
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