To talk about communication theory without communicating its real mathematical content would be like endlessly telling a man about a wonderful composer, yet never letting him hear an example of the composer's music. Votes: 3
The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique' (1843) Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Weiner for the field of control and communication theory. Votes: 3
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics. Votes: 1
Bell's theorem...proves that quantum theory requires connections that appear to resemble telepathic communication. Votes: 0
If quantum communication and quantum computation are to flourish, a new information theory will have to be developed. Votes: 0
The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Votes: 0
The "flow of information" through human communication channels is enormous. So far no theory exists, to our knowledge, which attributes any sort of unambiguous measure to this "flow". Votes: 0
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. Votes: 8 Peter Drucker
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. Votes: 6 Immanuel Kant