First, a few responses. I agree with Hans von Baeyer. Pedro’s kindness is
magic.
I agree with Gyorgy Darvas that quarks communicate.
I also agree with Jerry Chandler. Brute force is not the major mover of
history. Values and virtues count. A lot. In fact, a culture organizes
its
Dear Howard,
Thank you very much for your great effort and nice explanation!
I like it!
Only what I needed to see is a concrete answer to the question “what it the
Information?”
You absolutely clearly described it and I totally agree with your
considerations.
Only what is needed is to conclude
Dear all,
Just a quick reply to Howard's fascinating account of cosmic history.
It seems what is crucially needed is a theory that brings together "brute
force" on the one hand - laws of nature "blindly" colliding and colluding,
from quarks to planets - and "information" on the other - from pre-hu
Krassimir - I enjoyed your post and your definition of information. For more
definitions of information especially the notion of the relativity of
information you might wish to see my book
What is Information? - Propagating Organization in the Biosphere, the
Symbolosphere, the Technosphere and t
Dear Joseph,
On 30 Jan 2016, at 19:31, Joseph Brenner wrote:
Dear John,
Sorry you have been ill.
I agree fully with your statement: All of these explanations, and
even stating the problem, require information notions, not just
energy as in classical physics.
What I object to are statem
Dear Howard,
Thank you for leading a very interesting discussion! Beyond my earlier
comments, I just wanted to add what I believe is a minority opinion among
the FIS group.
I believe that information possesses both epistemic and ontic features.
Many opinions have been expressed concerning the for
Caro Francesco,
Ho letto la tua lettera con grande attenzione e comprensione. Io accettare
completamente la sorveglianza, che l'informazione è diversa in sistemi diversi.
Questo è esattamente l'essenza della teoria di riflessione, che descrive i
molti livelli di riflessione - fisici, chimici,
Otto, an interesting call, for a theory that brings together the brute
force of an abiotic universe and information.
Here's a short timeline that pulls the brute force elements together as
informational exchange:
The evolution of information, sociality, social structure, and the
emergent