[Fis] Novel Information Paradigm

[Jaime Cardenas-Garcia]

Dear all,

Two recently published papers might be of interest. Their titles and
abstracts are given below. They relate to a fundamental perspective on
information that points to a novel generic paradigm of information. I
welcome your comments.

*Bateson Information Revisited: A New Paradigm*

*Abstract*: The goal of this work is to explain a novel information
paradigm claiming that all information results from a process, intrinsic to
living beings, of self-production; a sensory commensurable,
self-referential feedback process immanent to Bateson’s difference that
makes a difference. To highlight and illustrate this fundamental process, a
simulation based on one-parameter feedback is presented. It simulates a
homeorhetic process, innate to organisms, illustrating a self-referenced,
autonomous system. The illustrated recursive process is sufficiently
generic to be the only basis for information in nature: from the single
cell, to multi-cellular organisms, to consideration of all types of natural
and non-natural phenomena, including tools and artificial constructions.

The link is: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/47/1/5

*The Process of Info-Autopoiesis – the Source* *of all Information*

*Abstract*: All information results from a process, intrinsic to living
beings, of info-autopoiesis or information self-production; a sensory
commensurable, self-referential feedback process immanent to Bateson’s
‘difference which makes a difference’. To highlight and illustrate the
fundamental nature of the info-autopoietic process, initially, two
simulations based on one-parameter feedback are presented. The first,
simulates a homeostatic control mechanism (thermostat) which is
representative of a mechanistic, cybernetic system with very predictable
dynamics, fully dependent on an external referent. The second, simulates a
homeorhetic process, inherent to biological systems, illustrating a
self-referenced, autonomous system. Further, the active
incorporation/interference of viral particles by prokaryotic cells and the
activation of CRISPR-Cas can be understood as info-autopoiesis at the most
fundamental cellular level, as well as constituting a planetary network of
self-referenced information. Moreover, other examples of the
info-autopoietic nature of information are presented to show the generality
of its applicability. In short, info-autopoiesis is a recursive process
that is sufficiently generic to be the only basis for information in
nature: from the single cell, to multi-cellular organisms, to consideration
of all types of natural and non-natural phenomena, including tools and
artificial constructions.

The link is: https://rdcu.be/b4dnU

Kind Regards,

Jaime

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Jaime F. Cárdenas-García, PhD, PE
JFCardenasGarcia at gmail.com
(240) 498-7556 (cell)
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