The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information.
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Chapter 12, Randomness, The flip side of information, p. 104Hans Christian von Baeyer
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If the definition of simultaneity is given from a moving system, the spherical surface will result when Einstein's definition with ? = 1/2 is used, since it is this definition which makes the velocity of light equal in all directions.
Hans Reichenbach
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.
Bertrand Russell
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.
Charles Sanders Peirce
...the mathematician uses an indirect definition of congruence, making use of the fact that the axiom of parallels together with an additional condition can replace the definition of congruence.
Hans Reichenbach
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this — "devoted and obedient." This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
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