Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA27052 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 5 May 2001 23:47:08 +0100 Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:07:51 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <20010505140751.E1058@ii01.org> References: <20010504125306.AAA6281@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010504125306.AAA6281@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:52:53AM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:52:53AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 05/04/01 05:30, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >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.
>
> And, sure, I can understand that. But, if this intrinsic (is this
> Fisher?) information is _not_ derived, and the law of physics issued
> therefrom, of what significance is it, or could it possibly have?
>
> Significance- 2. A meaning that is expressed.
I'm no physicist, and I don't know exactly how intrinsic information
is handled by Frieden. (It's not Fisher information -- that's the sort
that *can* be extracted from the system.) But for me, if its use allows
the laws of physics to be derived, then it's significant.
Significance: 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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