> As it is, any approximation of absolute mutual information is predicated on the existence of said information. That's not true. I can approximate a circle on

> As it is, any approximation of absolute mutual information is predicated on the existence of said information. That's not true. I can approximate a circle on a piece of paper or with a computer or whatever without there ever actually being a true, platonically ideal circle in the entire universe. Similarly, I can construct a heuristic which approximates shared information without that shared information existing in the first place.