Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA24037 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:50:14 GMT Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:26:50 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia? Message-ID: <20010117152650.B11194@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745BE0@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745BE0@inchna.stir.ac.uk>; from v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:45:34PM -0000 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:45:34PM -0000, Vincent Campbell wrote:
>
> Isn't the phrase 'meaningful information' tautological?
>
> Or, in other words, what kind of information could be bereft of
> meaning?
That depends upon how the word "information" is used, surely?
But this has been discussed before on this list. Whether it's
worth doing so again is open to question.
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