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Douglas_Knight comments on Open Thread, October 13 - 19, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 09 November 2013 11:47:30PM 2 points [-]

Information theory says that you communicate the most if you send the three signals of up, down, nothing equally often. This would be a psychological disaster if everyone did it, but maybe you should.