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The Surprise is the Substance
The Surprise is the Substance
Information is not the weight of the message, but the depth of the unknown. A certainty carries no data, because it demands no space in the mind. To compress a signal to its absolute limit is to strip away everything expected. What remains is only the pure, jagged edge of surprise.
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