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S2E36: A Fireside History of Quant, Part 2

Quantitude

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The Scales of Measurement

The idea that the numbers carry with them information was a huge, huge idea. Quantie people go find this and read it in 1946 in science. The committee was appointed to determine is it possible to measure human sensation? And then he writes deliberation led only to disagreement, mainly about what is meant by measurement.

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