Elon Musk: uncertainty

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…The effective bit rate. That is the question, is how much information is actually compressed in the low bit transfer of language? Yeah. If there’s a single word that is able to convey something that would normally require, I don’t know, 10 simple words, then you’ve got maybe a 10X compression on your hands. And that’s really like with memes. Memes are like data compression. You’re simultaneously hit with a wide range of symbols that you can interpret, and you get it faster than if it were words, or a simple picture. And of course, you’re referring to memes broadly like ideas.…

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