Using the Concept of Signal-to-noise Ratio as a Metaphor The ratio of useful or true information to false or irrelevant information

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   December 31, 2020, 14:31. Daniel Smachtenberger, when discussing the pollution of the information ecosystem with misinformation and disinformation in his talks on the War on Sensemaking, says things like: I’m trying to make sense of things because I have to be able to parse signal from noise. We would hope, though, that there are … Continue reading Using the Concept of Signal-to-noise Ratio as a Metaphor The ratio of useful or true information to false or irrelevant information

No Truth Is Without Some Mixture of Error by Wilbur Wright

No truth is without some mixture of error, and no error so false but that it possesses no element of truth. If a man is in too big a hurry to give up an error, he is liable to give up some truth with it, and in accepting the arguments of the other man he is sure to get some errors with it. Honest argument is merely a process of mutually picking … | Wilbur Wright Continue reading No Truth Is Without Some Mixture of Error by Wilbur Wright

Signal-to-noise Ratio The ratio of useful or true information to false or irrelevant data

Circles of Engagement ** What Would Make a Better World? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The term “signal-to-noise ratio” is a useful metaphor when discussing the pollution of the information ecosystem with misinformation, disinformation, or situations … Continue reading Signal-to-noise Ratio The ratio of useful or true information to false or irrelevant data