[Fis] The remote Maxwell demon as energy down-converter

[Joseph Brenner]

John,

Please, if you would, explain the relationship of the theory in this paper 
to a conception of information. If the 'demon' quote has access to a source 
of energy unquote, then of course one can draw almost any conclusion one 
wants. We know from Mark Burgin's note, about which I also comment today, 
that information is a kind of energy so the need for a 'demon' to be 
anything but another model is not clear.

Thank you and best wishes,

Joseph

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Collier" <collierj at ukzn.ac.za>
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Subject: [Fis] The remote Maxwell demon as energy down-converter


> http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3797
>
> This article describes an intersting implementation of the use of 
> information instead of energy, something I have been arguing for on this 
> list for some time (see also my 1990 paper on Maxwell's demon).
>
> John
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