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> how many bits of information, after compression, are exchanged in a conversation between humans?

It depends on the listener. Billions of bits are encoded, but if you are only listening for one thing you will only decode a single bit.

A good listener can see a whole film in a single look. A good speaker can encode a while film in a few words. A good couple can exchange volumes in a few moments.



Speakers can not encode a whole film in a few words -- they can compress it to a few words, but this is most definitely a very lossy process.


You just need a big dictionary you can encode any content in a few bits.

I'm talking about lossless compression only.




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