Quote: the length of a sentence and its information content are unrelated; algorithmic information theory does not explain information

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The crucial question for algorithmic information theory, qua … notion of information content? My conclusion will be … [p. 14] a simple sentence p_0 is much more … uninformative tautology such as .not.p_27.or.p_0.or.not.p_7 … and evidently, one could construct arbitrarily complex such … That certain tautologies require lots of space to … when mentioned in the metalanguage, has no consequences … In fact, a sentence highly informative for its … [p. 17] But be that as it may, for … are in no way related.   Google-1   Google-2

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