Thanks, Jamie, for the great posting; you raise several fundamental
points, particularly for my taste when talking about maths and calculus
as manipulators and processors of information. My contention is that we
extrovert our open-ended conceptual mechanisms for the performance of
a new type
(message from Jamie Rose)
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The difference that makes a difference puts the situation into a
larger context
that includes the observing system / encountering system. This is
irrespective of
the sentience or cybernetic
This (b) model can be used to describe a range of activity from Shannon type
communication to biological (DNA) activity,
DNA and information have nothing to do with each other.
but I am not sure it can be applied to chemical activity.
That's what DNA is a molecule.
To my un-informed way
On Form Conveyed By Data
Among the terms in the question form conveyed by data the term data is
the least ambiguous.
We will doubtlessly agree that 1,2,3,... are data
Whether a sequence 123456...16 is in a different form to a sequence e.g.
42315...11 is a subject of semantics.
We know that
Title: Re: [Fis] Information as form conveyed by data
Thursday, October 6, 2011, 7:24:09 AM, Loet wrote:
ØThere are two ways we can use the idea "in-form".
Yes, this is the other notion of information. Shannon-type information does not inform, but is counter-intuitive
Thanks to all respondents - Gyorgy Darvas is more along the lines I was
thinking.
There are two ways we can use the idea in-form.
(a) A cannon ball can inform a wall - the energy and the signal are both
delivered by the ball. Similarly an artist can in-form clay to create a work
of art. In this
This is my first post to this list - so my apologies if I get it wrong.
I am looking for arguments for/against the concept of information as form
conveyed by data. Any references/ideas would be appreciated.
Dick
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