There is something a bit different about information than the other conceptions of reality. We must, by definition, interact with reality by information - we cannot know any other reality.
What is possibly in doubt is our theories of what information is - but I'm sceptical that the hard-won insights of the likes of Turing, von Neumann, Shannon, Kolmogorov, Solomonoff, Chaitin et al. will be overturned. In any case, I don't understand what Vic means by the following: > If the universe is a digital computer, that computer still is made of > elementary particles. > Theologian Gregersen makes a key observation: > > The theological candidate that the divine Logos is the > informational resource of the universe would be scientifically > falsified if the concept of information could be fully reduced to > properties of mass and energy transactions. > > Well, I don't know if this constitutes a falsification, but as far as > I can tell, information does reduce to mass and energy transactions. This seems pivotal to his HuffPosting. Maybe I should ask him. Cheers On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:53:28AM -0800, Brent Meeker wrote: > This, from my friend Vic Stenger, might be of interest to you Bruno. > > Brent > > -------- Original Message -------- > > My latest HuffBlog is at > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/the-new-information-theol_b_825648.html > > Vic > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
