In 1948 Claude Shannon stated that “information has nothing to do with any inherent meaning in a message”. This quotes states that the meaning is irrelevant and the message should be treated for information. This, in a mathematical context and technological context makes sense to me, but I think it should be taken with a grain of salt. Yes, if you’re relaying a message in a technological sense it seems logical that you just want to get across the information. I think that if you apply this notion to life in general it does not apply. I think that in every personal interaction between individuals the meaning is the message and that they are not divorced as Shannon theorized.  I think the key to fundamental success in human relationship is to be able to determine the meaning in the message. I do not buy Shannon’s theory outside of the a mathematical context, but I do think it his theory is applicable to viewing how to transmit messages more efficiently.