Dear all - my take on this post is that the question of whether physical
processes are information is like the question: Is there a sound if a tree
falls in the forest and no one is there to listen? This is like the Zen koan:
what is the sound of one hand clapping If no one is in the forest are
Bob -- I think the viewpoint on information being expressed by Gerhard is
that which sees information to be embodied in configuration/conformation.
If a configured entity is in the world it necessarily will encounter other
configurations/conformations which will result in an 'interpretation' by
Dear Bob,
What you are saying is the obverse of the third law of thermodynamics. The
third law says that entropy (viz., disorder) can only be measured with
respect to some reference condition. Since information is the complement
of entropy in Bayesian informatics, then the obverse becomes,
, October 20, 2014 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Fis] Physical Informatics… (J.Brenner)
Dear all - my take on this post is that the question of whether physical
processes are information is like the question: Is there a sound if a tree
falls in the forest and no one is there to listen? This is like the Zen