FISers:
The following example concerning the fundamental theory of information in
chemistry and physics puzzled me. Logical analyses of this puzzle from longtime
participants would be welcomed.
Consider any pair of atomic numbers. (Recall that the concepts of atomic
numbers were established
Dear Jerry,
I am afraid I have forgotten exactly what it was I said that caused you to
embark on this line of reasoning. Be that as it may, there is one part of it
that I wish to distance myself from.
You wrote: "As atomic numbers, these two numbers represent all of the
physical information co
