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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dear Pedro, Dear FIS Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I am really pleased with the FIS discussion renewing, and I am thankful to Pedro for bringing the theme of Narration to the debate. However, I am disappointed that his introductory standpoint is focused mainly on the Humanity issues (economics, socio-cultural issues, literature, and so on), as well as the supporting references to the Christopher Booker’s and George Akerlof’s mentions. In my opinion, Narration (or Storytelling) is a fundamental and indispensable part of information producing, processing and communication chain. And as FIS teammates, we are first of all interested in these information-related issues and studies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I know that my understanding of these matters deviates significantly from the rest of my FIS partners. Never mind, with all due respect to the colleagues’ point of view, I will dare to persist with my comments on the Narration (Storytelling) issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>First, I consider that "<b>Information is a linguistic description of structures observable in a given data set” <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Next, two kinds of structures are usually distinguishable in a data set: primary (or physical) data structures and secondary (or semantic) data structures. Respectively, their descriptions are denoted as physical and semantic information. The descriptions are implemented in some language with a proper alphabet. Thus, an information description appears as a string of letters, a piece of text, a fragment of a story or a narrative. This conjecture holds for all living beings, not for the human beings only. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>All further information processing or information communication issues are tightly coupled with this fundamental property – information is a text string, a fragment of a narrative – and as such it should be considered and treated in all information-related processes, investigations, and studies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Of course, contemporary neuroscience knows nothing about my elucidations. So, now and always – action potential propagation is regarded as an interneuron information flow and synaptic strength alterations are regarded as memory formation. Of course, all that is a wrong and an erroneous depiction of the information handling matters. In my publications, I am trying to explain and repair these habitual flaws. But the public prefers the Good Old-Fashioned Traditional Approaches. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I give up, ashamed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Best regards. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Emanuel</span><span lang=RU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=RU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=RU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>