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Reasonable Hope (Math) · October 28 · 4 min

Measuring Uncertainty

Information entropy measures the uncertainty within a system. Sometimes uncertainty means we need to learn more, but sometimes it is an unavoidable part of the situation. Mathematics can help us describe honestly what we know—and what we don’t.

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Information entropy measures the uncertainty within a system. Sometimes uncertainty means we need to learn more, but sometimes it is an unavoidable part of the situation. Mathematics can help us describe honestly what we know—and what we don’t.