The Misinterpretable Evidence Conveyed by Arbitrary Codes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18984v1
• Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 07:31:26 GMT
• Title: The Misinterpretable Evidence Conveyed by Arbitrary Codes
• Authors: Guido Fioretti,
• Abstract summary: Evidence Theory is a framework for handling imprecise reasoning in the context of a judge evaluating testimonies or a detective evaluating cues.<n>This paper explores the possibility of employing Evidence Theory to represent arbitrary communication codes between and within living organisms.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Evidence Theory is a mathematical framework for handling imprecise reasoning in the context of a judge evaluating testimonies or a detective evaluating cues, rather than a gambler playing games of chance. In comparison to Probability Theory, it is better equipped to deal with ambiguous information and novel possibilities. Furthermore, arrival and evaluation of testimonies implies a communication channel. This paper explores the possibility of employing Evidence Theory to represent arbitrary communication codes between and within living organisms. In this paper, different schemes are explored for living organisms incapable of anticipation, animals sufficiently sophisticated to be capable of extrapolation, and humans capable of reading one other's minds.

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