← Back to context Comment by drekipus 8 months ago if you've got nothing to say, you're just adding noise. 2 comments drekipus Reply sneak 8 months ago Why do we care that much about the SNR of spoken words? Language is inherently quite redundant. drekipus 8 months ago Redundancy is still "signal"I don't think it's an argument of efficiency but rather the avoidance of noise.The "ums" isn't redundant, it's not repeating or decorating the conversation. It's filler like static. Stops people from filling the gaps with their own thoughts
sneak 8 months ago Why do we care that much about the SNR of spoken words? Language is inherently quite redundant. drekipus 8 months ago Redundancy is still "signal"I don't think it's an argument of efficiency but rather the avoidance of noise.The "ums" isn't redundant, it's not repeating or decorating the conversation. It's filler like static. Stops people from filling the gaps with their own thoughts
drekipus 8 months ago Redundancy is still "signal"I don't think it's an argument of efficiency but rather the avoidance of noise.The "ums" isn't redundant, it's not repeating or decorating the conversation. It's filler like static. Stops people from filling the gaps with their own thoughts
Why do we care that much about the SNR of spoken words? Language is inherently quite redundant.
Redundancy is still "signal"
I don't think it's an argument of efficiency but rather the avoidance of noise.
The "ums" isn't redundant, it's not repeating or decorating the conversation. It's filler like static. Stops people from filling the gaps with their own thoughts