[blml] ABF seminar - Law 27C

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
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grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"Continuing to do the same thing 
 hoping for a different outcome."
           Einstein: definition of madness. 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Landau" <ehaa at starpower.net>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] ABF seminar - Law 27C


>> Maybe it is my dyslexia, but I find the way the law 
>> uses the word "incorporates" almost permanently 
>> confusing.  What Venn diagram symbolizes "incorporating 
>> information"?  I don't think an information theorist would 
>> be sure what is meant, so a rewording or a clarification is 
>> in order.
> 
+=+ In my discussions of Law 27C currently I introduced 
Wayne's comment. Here is a response I received from the 
WBF CTD: 
"In drawing his Venn diagrmans, I assume Laurie Kelso began 
with a fairly small circle for the information 'I have 0-12 points', 
(or whatever the example was) as this doesn't really contain 
very much information at all. Then he drew a larger circle around 
it for the information 'I have 5-9 points', as this contains quite a 
lot of additional information.
 
Then he drew a huge circle around both of these to represent 
the information 'I have 6 points', as this contains all the information 
in the universe as far as point count is concerned.
 
The little old lady you describe below would not then have 
followed her confused line of logic, and would have seen 
that it is 5-9 which incorporates 0-12, and not the other 
way round."
                           ~ Grattan ~   +=+