redundancy in communicating information is like extra layers of clothing

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 An analogy used in popular science writing:

 "We add or subtract redundancy to our messages in response to the amount of interference they need to overcome just as we add of remove layers of clothing in response to the outside temperature."

Paul Sen (2022) Einstein's Fridge. The science of fire, ice and the universe. William Collins.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.