Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA12732 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 23 Jun 2001 19:27:32 +0100 Message-ID: <000f01c0fc17$7742fca0$98a3bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <"from wade_smith"@harvard.edu> <3B33C176.25503.7F2797@localhost> Subject: Re: The Guardian on Information Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:04:45 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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From: <joedees@bellsouth.net>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: The Guardian on Information
> On 22 Jun 2001, at 20:48, Robin Faichney wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:28:33AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> > > On 06/21/01 14:53, Robin Faichney said this-
> > Think "structure". Information theory in physics is the treatment of
> > structure as an element in itself.
Hi Joe,
You wrote,
> What is necessary is matter and energy in pattern, structure or
> configuration. Awarenesses become informed concerning such
> patterns, structures or configurations, and their attributes, via
> perception and/or cognition. Information cannot precede
> awareness, for it is necessary for an awareness to become
> informed concerning a configuration, for information, a
> communication of configuration to an awareness via perception, to
> exist.
<< Wouldn 't it than not be better to use ' experience ' instead of
information or structure !?
Experience includes a sort of information which precedes awareness.
If we take Nature as an example, before we ever existed Nature experien-
ced a great deal. That is indeed no information as you suggested because
it is indeed necessary that anyone did observed it.
Awareness, IMO, seems to come ' after ' experience.
First experience than awareness through the trial and error of that
experience.
Best,
Kenneth
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