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by JoeDaDude 1856 days ago
Your analogy doesn't sound far off from what information theory describes. Still, we need to be cautious of applying information theory to areas in which it might be over extended and may not be suitable. Claude Shannon himself was aware of this trend and wrote his essay "The Bandwagon" [1] urging caution and diligence in applying information theory to different fields.

[1]. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=1056774