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Reasonable Hope (Math) · Tuesday · 3 min

Information Is Surprise

Why does an unexpected result carry more information than one we already anticipated? Claude Shannon found a mathematical way to measure surprise. The unexpected may not always be true or important, but sometimes it reveals that our understanding is incomplete.

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Why does an unexpected result carry more information than one we already anticipated? Claude Shannon found a mathematical way to measure surprise. The unexpected may not always be true or important, but sometimes it reveals that our understanding is incomplete.

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