[Fis] defining information

[Moisés André Nisenbaum]

Hi, Stan.
Curiosity: today, would you change this definition? If so, that's because
you change your mind or because Information have changed?

Cheers.
Moisés

Em qua., 4 de mar. de 2020 às 17:27, Stanley N Salthe <
ssalthe at binghamton.edu> escreveu:

> Here is my 1993 definition of Information:
>
> Here is my 1993 definition of information:
>
> Information is a significant arrangement that could have been different
> without any different expenditure of energy. Because it cannot be
> specified by natural laws, there is always an element of surprise in
> information.
>
> Dretske (1981)* Knowledge and the Flow of Information* (MIT Press) has
> argued that materially it is the most highly specified digital content an
> analog sign could have, thus stating a principle of maximum information
> capacity per sign with respect to the meaning of information. Information
> implies interpretation; potential information stored elsewhere than where
> an observer could tap it is like the unavailable energy of heat. Both are
> observer related.
>
> STAN
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