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    Bits are binary digits used for mechanical computers. Human brains are constantly changing chemical systems that don’t “process” binary bits of information so it makes no sense as a metric.

    imagine someone tells you they measured the temperature of a distant star, and you say “that’s stupid, you can’t get a thermometer to a star and read the measurement, you’d die”, just because you don’t know how one could measure it.

    It’s not about how you measure it, it’s about using a unit system that doesn’t apply. It’s more like trying to calculate how much star costs in USD.

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      123 months ago

      Bits are also a unit of information from information theory. In that context they are relevant for anything that processes information, regardless of methodology, you can convert analogue signals into bits just fine.

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      3 months ago

      Maybe try looking into the topic instead of confidently repeating your wrong assertions? You’re literally pulling a “my hand is not a number!” right now.

      Just because you have a limited understanding of a unit, doesn’t mean that unit is only applicable to what you know. Literally the star example I brought up.

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        -33 months ago

        I already did before I formed my conclusion. It’s clear you have not and are just looking for someone which whom to argue.

        Goodbye.

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          Ah, so you just choose to ignore information you don’t already know? What a rational thing to do. You’re not anti-intellectual at all.

          Or are you seriously trying to gaslight everyone into believing Shannon entropy doesn’t exist?