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by zbyte64 3938 days ago
1) You need something to compute the outcome of the symbols in order to test the accuracy of those symbols. I am not sure how to experimentally test your point without doing so. Perhaps that is the crux of the issue, we can't test symbols without tying them to a "physical medium".

2) We can introduce more communication layers as you desire and still keep in the spirit of the experiment. I opted for the strip down version due to simplicity of describing the experiment and the similarity it has to the turing test.