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> [The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/the-fundamental-problem-of-communication-is-that-of-reproducing-at/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

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## More by Claude Shannon

> [My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it ‘information’, but the word was overly used, so I decided to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/my-greatest-concern-was-what-to-call-it-i-thought-of-calling-it/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/the-fundamental-problem-of-communication-is-that-of-reproducing-at/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [Cousins are part of your life so stick with cuz, not friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/cousins-are-part-of-your-life-so-stick-with-cuz-not-friends/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/use-the-word-cybernetics-norbert-because-nobody-knows-what-it-means/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [I just wondered how things were put together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/i-just-wondered-how-things-were-put-together/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/i-visualize-a-time-when-we-will-be-to-robots-what-dogs-are-to-humans/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [Information is the #resolution of uncertainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/information-is-the-resolution-of-uncertainty/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/i-am-very-seldom-interested-in-applications-i-am-more-interested-in/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/we-know-the-past-but-cannot-control-it-we-control-the-future-but/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

> [Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-shannon/information-the-negative-reciprocal-value-of-probability/)

[Claude Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-shannon/)

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