Meaning subjective from "summary" of Decoding the Universe by Charles Seife
In the grand scheme of things, the concept of meaning is a rather slippery one. It's something that's hard to quantify, hard to pin down. After all, what does it really mean for something to have meaning? Is it a property of the words themselves, or does it lie in the minds of those who interpret those words? It turns out that the answer is a bit of both. In the world of information theory, meaning is a subjective thing. It doesn't reside in the words themselves, but rather in the minds of the people who read or hear those words. In other words, meaning is in the eye of the beholder. This might seem like a rather philosophical point, but it has some very practical implications for how we think about communication. Take the example of a book. The words on the page are just marks on paper; they don't inherently mean anything. It's only when a reader comes along and interprets those marks that they...
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