Re: Information

From: Robin Faichney (robin@ii01.org)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 10:30:12 BST

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    In-Reply-To: <20010503195614.AAA15016@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 03:56:02PM -0400
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    On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 03:56:02PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    > On 05/03/01 13:52, Robin Faichney said this-
    >
    > >> I agree that until the information is _derived_ from whatever system that
    > >> process is resident within, it is without value and irrelevant.
    > >>
    > >> That is far from saying it is not there.
    > >
    > >Considering the following quote from the same article, do you still
    > >insist that intrinsic information (J) is of no significance?
    >
    > If having no derivation is of no significance, and I think that's fair to
    > say, then, yes. Of what significance is something that no-one knows?

    Jesus, Wade, did you read the fucking quote? I'm not talking about
    something no-one knows, I'm talking about the information that's
    intrinsic to every physical system, that Frieden and colleagues have used
    *successfully* to derive the laws of physics. Will you get a fucking
    clue or do I have to killfile you?

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