<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Trust me. You are in good company.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steven</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 14, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Marcus Abundis <<a href="mailto:55mrcs@gmail.com" class="">55mrcs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">From Loet's post:<div class="">><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">During the recent conference in Vienna, I was amazed how many of our colleagues wish to ground information in physics.<</span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">I would say that I was disappointed . . . </span></div><div class=""><font class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">For me this exchange on It from Bit is problematic as its seems to simply revisit the same problem introduced with Shannon's use of the term “information“ in his Mathematical Theory of Communication – but dressed with a slightly different face. I had this same problem with “lack of precise thinking“ (or terminology?) in the It from Bit video from last month. This endless(?) debate around an old issue of “meaningful information“ versus “meaningless information“ (aka DATA awaiting MEANINGFUL interpretation) I find unhelpful in addressing FOUNDATIONAL issues. If we cannot</span> keep our terms straight I am not sure how progress is made.</font></div><div class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class="">Yes, of course physics has a place in the conversation, but the needless blurring of basic terms does not, I think, advance the project. If a basic nomenclature and/or taxonomy cannot be agreed and then abided in these conversations, it leaves me wondering how I might contribute. 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