William Poundstone - The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the mor

The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the more bandwidth it requires. This is Shannon's point: the essence is its improbability.

- William Poundstone

source: William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.57, Macmillan

topic: Essence, Messages, Shannon, Improbability, Bandwidth