I wanted to write down a short way of describing the whole information processing and consumption process, regardless if computers were involved. This process description is generic and should apply for all kinds of creatures and things:
- Information can be retrieved from many sources. Information data mining can occur only as long as the information format is well understood by the Information Processor. The Information Processor takes the (possible) federated information, and aggregates it into an abstraction that is presented in an information format that is well understood by the Information Consumer. The Information Consumer creates a abstracted and subjective version of the retrieved information, where elements of it is rated, associated merged, and discarded. Based on the informations rating, it's elements are finally stored in either a small but fast short-term memory for quick access, or a larger long-term memory for a slower but more reliable access.
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I think your description is missing a key mechanism. You say "Information data mining can occur only as long as the information format is well understood by the Information Processor." but much information is stored even though it is not well understood at the time it is stored. Understanding is developed later, as part of the information mining process.
SvarSlettI didn't make myself clear enough here I think, it should probably say:
SvarSlett-"Information data mining *by the Information Processor* can occur only as long as the information format is well understood by the *information consuming* Information Processor."
Thanks for the clarification. It is clearer but, to me, it is still only true for computers at their current stage of development, not information processing in general. Consider a 3 year old child. He/she accepts, stores, and reacts to (processes) all kinds of information without any understanding of its format. In fact, it seems more likely that both the understanding and the "format" both arise after enough processing has been done to discover repeated patterns. I think we impose formats on computer data because the computers are not smart enough yet to discover the formats for themselves. Creatures, on the other hand, already have that ability.
SvarSlettI'm no expert, but some theories in brain research ( http://social.jrank.org/pages/639/Symbolic-Thought.html ) claim that children from birth have some understanding of symbols like "Mom", "Dad", "Food", etc. See Jean Pieget for more information. So I think that an infant have 'some' understanding of the information format in terms of the infants knowledge of symbols, and the infant can therefore process some of the information.
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