[Fis] The Information definition as it is in the General Information Theory (GIT)

[Krassimir Markov]

Dear Howard,

You wrote:

"... but I’m curious to hear your reason for not using information as the
term for all immaterial mysteries."

Here is my answer:



*The Information definition as it is in the General Information Theory
(GIT)*

We perceive (reflect) *reality* through our sensors, after which *reflections
(data) *pass through the sensory memory and enter the temporary memory of
the brain. It is here that our consciousness has already prepared a
corresponding mental model loaded from long term memory (Information
Expectation,” IE”), through which we will recognize the data. Only after data
is recognized and connected to the information expectation, the data,
together with the part of the IE with which it is connected (*meaning*!),
are perceived as information. That is, only at this stage, we will have mental
model, which is “information”. In other words, *information is* *data with
meaning*. The information may be stored in the long term memory as a new
mental model (usually called “*knowledge*”).

If data is equal to the IE no new mental model is created (it is already
“known” data).

If there is no mental model to be used for IE, the consciousness tries to
create a new one (a new concept!) or remember the data as unrecognized, for
example, as is the case with UFOs.

The same process may exist based on internal (self-) reflection. I.e. some
mental models may be compared to another and as result a new mental
model (*subjective
information*, *a new idea*!) may be created and stored in the long term (
*semantic*, “knowledge”) memory of the brain.

Finally, the immaterial is just a subjective mental model(s). From the
empty Universe through the scientific constructions, like the mathematical
“ideal” objects, up to the God, all are mental models in the consciousness,
which may be externalized using corresponding languages.

The mental models are absolutely material, they are neurons’ configurations
and when the brain dies they are destroyed.



With respect,

Krassimir



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