Dear Colleagues and Reasoned Opponents,
A scientific position may be the object of rational disagreement and
discussion, but the 'ganging up' of some individuals on a highly respected
colleague is disgraceful and unacceptable. By this note I am suggesting to
Pedro that Ericsson-Zenith, Sherman
Dear Joe and colleagues,
It “flamed” a bit. Thank you for the intervention. The confusion is not only
ours, but also in the literature. Indeed, we should not blame each other for it.
I know that you wish to ground information in “reality”: “logic in reality” or
LIR. But I understood duri
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Traditionally the fis list is a place where polite exchange and
scholarly style of communication are maintained. We have been in place
for almost 20 years, and very rarely we have had any personally
disappointing message. Let us keep that way, please. At the time being I
Dear FISlists,
I am a newcomer to the FIS discussion table. The debate that is going on in
your list-exchange is very interesting to me, but frankly, for the most of
the time, I only guess about what you are talking - my vocabulary and my
notions of Information are quite different from yours.
Dear Pedro, Dear Loet and All,
My thanks first to Pedro for his note, especially for its emphasis on the
necessity of scholarly style. I thank Loet also for what may be a quite
unexpected result of my partial defense of his approach, his restatement of the
Cartesian dualistic position. This bri
Loet -- Well, so you favor the definition of information as an invention of
Western technology related to communication. Others prefer to define
information in such a way that it emerges into the world with biology -- in
the genetic system. Still others define information in such a way that it
ca
Deacon addressed this all very clearly in his January paper. I'm guessing
for most FIS members his argument changed little or nothing.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Stanley N Salthe
wrote:
> Loet -- Well, so you favor the definition of information as an invention
> of Western technology rela
Dear Pedro and FIS Colleagues,
This discussion was not planed. It started without any a priory explanation and
because of this become more emotional.
I see, we have different “fen clubs” depending of sympathy to one or other
definition of information.
This is nice. Variety is important for dev
