Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA03257 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 16 May 2001 13:46:55 +0100 Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:26:29 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <20010516102629.A11320@ii01.org> References: <3AFFECA3.3869.10F66F@localhost>; <20010515091205.A943@ii01.org> <3B0132E7.28247.2E21EF@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3B0132E7.28247.2E21EF@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:45:11PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:45:11PM -0500, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> >
> Those people who are aware enough of the issues and sine qua
> nons (conditions without which) of information and of its linguistic
> representation and of the referent to which the term refers, that is,
> philosophers, linguistics professionals and genuine information and
> communication theorists (who, unlike you, understand that
> information, to deserve the appelation, must consist of a
> meaningful message symbolized in a code and conveyed from a
> sender to a receiver via a carrier) will refuse to be swayed by either
> the naive percentage of physicists who practice linguistics and
> philosophy without training in those disciplines
Jesus, Joe, you really think physicists and such who talk about
information are practicing linguistics and philosophy? Can't you get
your head around the simple fact that "information" means different
things in sci/tech and in arts/humanities? They're not operating beyond
their competence, they're talking about something else!
Just try a web search on "information theory".
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