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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>I thank both those
of you who commented and those who did not. I would like to understand the
latter - why there were only 6 responses: was my formulation in fact too ‘political’?
Do people think that negative things like disinformation don’t require
analysis? The key things I learned: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Annette: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Three clear
contributions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>1) Understanding
disinformation and misinformation is part of a full conceptualization of
information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>2) Principles
applying to them may have essential implications for the underlying physics
(and other sciences).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>3) We should list
again the things we do <i><span style='font-style:italic'>not </span></i>understand
as a key part of our strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Jaime:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>A melancholy
posting. I had thought human beings possessed recursive levels of cognitive processing
such that even disinformation and selfish behavior are the not the results of blind
instinct alone. When those capacities atrophy . . . <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Krassimir:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>1) The strengths and
weaknesses of what it is to be human.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>2) Avoid lies <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>and </span></i>liar paradoxes. They are binary
‘traps’ for thought.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Terry:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Thank you. Clearly,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>1) Normative aspects
of information should be an essential part of a full scientific
conceptualization of it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>2) Lets start with
just <i><span style='font-style:italic'>one </span></i>way to mitigate the
operation of disinformation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Joseph:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>I mention a term I just
heard for the first time on Swiss TV – infobesity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>We need an informational
biotope to treat this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>I look forward to a
next round, even though this is not a formal discussion topic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Best wishes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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