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Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability.

  • -- Claude Shannon 香农

信息:概率的负倒数。

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It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn't that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that's actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything.

如果我们能知道足够多的东西来回答宇宙的所有问题，那就太奇怪了。这不是很奇怪吗?虽然有很高的可能性是存在着一个我们无法感知的巨大现实，但这实际上正在向我们施加压力，影响着一切。

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Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?

然而，在经济学中，我们为什么要以不了解某些事实为借口，而在物理理论中，科学家肯定会根据这些事实提供准确的信息?

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Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.

从统计数据上看，我们当中任何一个人在这里的可能性是如此之小，以至于你会认为，仅仅是存在的事实就会让我们所有人都感到满足和惊喜。

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Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do.

官僚们有时没有正确的信息，而公民和资源使用者却有。

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