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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=FR-CH
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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"'>The original intent
of my Lecture was to discuss the structure of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>information</span></i>
as well as disinformation. Some recent postings have suggested to me that there
is much science to do in the area of the positive value of true information as
opposed to its absence in dis- and mis-information. In particular, I am interested
in the value of the information exchanged between two or more individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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"'>Again, we are
immediately confronted with issues, carefully studied by Loet, of communication,
and the difficulty of separating properties of information and communication. For
example, a dis-informer must choose a information channel to disseminate his/her
disinformation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 would just say now
that I think the value of a good exchange of information between people is
moral/emotional, and one cannot get into these issues without reference to psychology
and ethics. In other terms, we are here in an area of science to which standard
logical and computational approaches cannot apply, but in which we wish to be
as rigorous as possible. Any suggestions which are also relevant to the major
objective of the New Year Lecture will be included there, with thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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"'>By copy of this
note, I am asking Pedro to please tell us if this area has been debated or not
within FIS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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>
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