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p.179 Roughly, getting right answers implies selection... Any system that achieves appropriate selection (to a degree better than chance) does so as a consequence of information received.
p.179-80 The would-be selector, whether living or mechanical, must first receive some quantity of information. This information is then to be used to narrow the field of uncertainty.. After the information has been used up in reducing the field to its minimum, what remains is the "field of ignorance"... the basic formula for decision-making is: Use what you know to narrow the field as far as possible; after that, do as you please.
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