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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. | ||