In recent weeks I have been very involved in the world of electronic engineering, to be more specific I'm doing the final project to graduate, which is aimed at testing the application of a statistical method to predict losses in a network. Because of this, I have been reading about statistics and I've found it reaaally interesting and has amazing applications in daily life.
uncertainty is one of the most important concepts in the theory of information which is a really important one for communications (communication related to engineering); but just yesterday I was talking with my friends and one of my friends came out with a theory that he learned in his communications' classes (related to interpersonal comm) and I just found it very cool the theory is called as "stranger on a train theory", this theory is in fact related with uncertainty, with reduction of uncertainty, and it says that people have stated the need to reduce uncertainty about others gaining information about them. The information gained can then use to predict the behavior of another. So when you are in a bus, a supermarket or wherever the information you have of people is just provided by the senses, the way someone smells or looks like, so you feel the need to reduce uncertainty, and how cool is to reduce uncertainty :).
uncertainty is one of the most important concepts in the theory of information which is a really important one for communications (communication related to engineering); but just yesterday I was talking with my friends and one of my friends came out with a theory that he learned in his communications' classes (related to interpersonal comm) and I just found it very cool the theory is called as "stranger on a train theory", this theory is in fact related with uncertainty, with reduction of uncertainty, and it says that people have stated the need to reduce uncertainty about others gaining information about them. The information gained can then use to predict the behavior of another. So when you are in a bus, a supermarket or wherever the information you have of people is just provided by the senses, the way someone smells or looks like, so you feel the need to reduce uncertainty, and how cool is to reduce uncertainty :).
