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Quantifying Information in Meaningful vs Gibberish Text

If a gibberish book and a quantum mechanics textbook with equal ink and paper were both burned, it could take the same amount of information to reconstruct them if the gibberish were arranged correctly, raising the puzzle of how to quantify the additional 'information' in the textbook versus gibberish—and whether unknown alien meaning in the gibberish could carry even more insight.

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Eric

Evidence Quote

What if unbeknownst to us the gibberish were actually an alien language carrying even more insight than the text book?

Source

AMA | May 2025Sean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:20:48 AM

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