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

[Howard Bloom]

 interesting thoughts, krassimir.  well worth pondering.
one note.  if information and mental models are configurations of material things--neurons--then the configurations are yet another example of the material power of immaterial things.
 The configurations are immaterial.

with warmth and oomph--howard


    On Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 05:04:16 AM EDT, Krassimir Markov <itheaiss at gmail.com> wrote:   

 



 

Dear Howard,

You wrote:

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

Here is my answer:

 

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

Weperceive (reflect) reality through our sensors, after which reflections(data) passthrough the sensory memory and enter the temporary memory of the brain. It ishere that our consciousness has already prepared a corresponding mental model loadedfrom long term memory (Information Expectation,” IE”), through which we will recognize thedata. Only after data is recognized and connected to theinformation 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”. Inother words, information is data with meaning. Theinformation 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).

Ifthere is no mental model to be used for IE, the consciousness triesto create a new one (a new concept!) or remember the data as unrecognized, forexample, 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 andstored in the long term (semantic, “knowledge”) memory of the brain.

Finally, the immaterial is just a subjective mental model(s). From theempty Universe through the scientific constructions, like the mathematical“ideal” objects, up to the God, all are mental models in the consciousness, which maybe 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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