The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108248   Message #2250543
Posted By: Rapparee
01-Feb-08 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Subjectivity obfuscates communication.
Subject: RE: BS: Subjectivity obfuscates communication.
Transmitter ---> (noise) ---> Receiver

...as Shannon and Weaver demonstrated so many years ago. Subjectivity in this case is the noise (which of course can also be a poor choice of words, poor phrasing, and a myriad of other things which weaken the message transmitted even further).