Re:Exploring How and Why Trees ‘Talk’ to Each Other
by dredmorbius on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:20AM
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Fair suggestion, though "feeling" might be confused with emotional response rather than senses. Perception is the general term in psychology AFAIU (e.g., "perceptual psychology" -- among my more surprisingly fascinating uni courses).
But the breakdown is a good one.
It also brings to mind the trivium from the mediaeval academic curriculum: grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
Grammar is the process of acquiring (and making sense of) information.
Logic is the process of interpreting and processing information.
Rhetoric is the process of transmitting information.
Or: it's an input, logic, output sequence.
This can be applied to much of information-systems or information-theory work. Perhaps with the addition of some endogenous or exogenous information storage and retrieval system.
As for talking: the deaf speak, with their hands.
Symbolic representative abstract communication is just that. I'd argue that the relevant element of talking is the interactivity of the conversation.
Take the old Unix "talk" command. It was contrasted to "write", "wall", or "mail", in that both parties could talk at the same time.
Myself and my girlfriend, 800 km apart. That in the 1980s was mind-blowing. And much cheaper than long-distance telephony.
But the breakdown is a good one.
It also brings to mind the trivium from the mediaeval academic curriculum: grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
Grammar is the process of acquiring (and making sense of) information.
Logic is the process of interpreting and processing information.
Rhetoric is the process of transmitting information.
Or: it's an input, logic, output sequence.
This can be applied to much of information-systems or information-theory work. Perhaps with the addition of some endogenous or exogenous information storage and retrieval system.
As for talking: the deaf speak, with their hands.
Symbolic representative abstract communication is just that. I'd argue that the relevant element of talking is the interactivity of the conversation.
Take the old Unix "talk" command. It was contrasted to "write", "wall", or "mail", in that both parties could talk at the same time.
Myself and my girlfriend, 800 km apart. That in the 1980s was mind-blowing. And much cheaper than long-distance telephony.