On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Stanley N Salthe <ssal...@binghamton.edu> wrote:
> Reacting to my: > > S: Well, I have generalized the Shannon concept of information carrying > capacity under 'variety'... {variety {information carrying capacity}}. > This allows the concept to operate quite generally in evolutionary and > ecological discourses. Information, then, if you like, is what is left > after a reduction in variety, or after some system choice. Consider dance: > we have all the possible conformations of the human body, out of which a > few are selected to provide information about the meaning of a dance. > > Jerry responded: > > Stan's post is a superb example of how anyone change the semantic meaning > of words and talk about personal philosophy in context that ignores the > syntactical meaning of the same word such that the exact sciences > are generated. Of course, this personal philosophy remains a private > conversation. > > S: I really need a translation of this statement. Jerry, Can you provide an example of anything not explained by another thing? And how is it possible to be a person and not express oneself from one's personal philosophy? Malcolm Dean
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