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Signal-to-noise ratio is sometimes used informally to refer to the ratio of useful information to false or irrelevant data in a conversation or exchange. For example, in online discussion forums and other online communities, off-topic posts and spam are regarded as "noise" that interferes with the "signal" of appropriate discussion.
Signal-to-noise ratio is sometimes used informally to refer to the ratio of useful information to false or irrelevant data in a conversation or exchange. For example, in online discussion forums and other online communities, off-topic posts and spam are regarded as "noise" that interferes with the "signal" of appropriate discussion.
==Higher Sensory Perception==


In studies of how [[Higher Sensory Perception]] works, it has long been held that mental images are formed first, and only then do estimations of their meaning take place.
In studies of how [[Higher Sensory Perception]] works, it has long been held that mental images are formed first, and only then do estimations of their meaning take place.
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*  However, if no comparable or comparative memory-meanings are available, then the pre-conscious systems segue over to the next best memory-meanings – and mental perceptions and images are then constructed in the light of those
*  However, if no comparable or comparative memory-meanings are available, then the pre-conscious systems segue over to the next best memory-meanings – and mental perceptions and images are then constructed in the light of those
*  When this happens, the resulting mental-image impressions can be at some distance from the real import of the original signals, but can carry bits of information contained in the original signals
*  When this happens, the resulting mental-image impressions can be at some distance from the real import of the original signals, but can carry bits of information contained in the original signals
==Signals Input First==


Rather, signals come first, then meanings of them, and then mental images based on the meanings.
Rather, signals come first, then meanings of them, and then mental images based on the meanings.