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<td>RE: [Fis] It from Bit redux . . . MODERATION</td>
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<td>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:45:59 +0800</td>
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<td>Xueshan Yan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:yxs@pku.edu.cn"><yxs@pku.edu.cn></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:yxs@pku.edu.cn"><yxs@pku.edu.cn></a></td>
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<td>'Pedro C. Marijuan' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es"><pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es></a></td>
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class="046283408-16062015">Dear Pedro, Joseph, John, Krassimir,
Rafael, and All,<br>
<br>
Here I tell you some interesting stories about ¡°It from Bit¡± in China.<br>
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Around the year of 2000, The Seminar of Interdisciplinary Information
Science of Peking University came into contact for the first time with
Wheeler¡¯s ¡°It from Bit¡±, in fact, earlier this theory, we had just
discussed Stonier¡¯s ¡°Information Physics¡± and had consulted with the
Dean of Physics School, his opinion was: The concept ENTROPY is enough
to physics, it is unnecessary to blunder in the fashion of information
for physicists. Of course, that was over fifteen years ago.<br>
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We afterwards had been tracking this information problem in Science of
China History; So far, we found there are at least four doctrines
related to ¡°It from Bit¡±.<br>
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1. It from Taiji. Zhou Wenwang (Ji Chang), see his book: ¡°The Book of
Changes¡± (Yijing or Zhouyi), B.C. 1050;<br>
2. It from Dao. Laozi. see his book: ¡°Tao Te Ching¡± (Daodejing), B.C.
500;<br>
3. The world is composed of information. Xinxi Shen, see his book:
¡°Informatilism¡±, 2005;<br>
4. The world is informational. Jianghuo Wang, see his book: ¡°Unified
Information Theory¡±, 2012.<br>
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To my knowledge, the last two authors had not contacted Wheeler¡¯s ¡°It
from Bit¡±, that Ji Chang and Laozi had no contacted with it is very
obvious.<br>
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In all his lifetime, Wheeler once visited China only one time in 1981,
when he stayed in China, he watched a Beijing Opera named ¡°Feng Ming Qi
Shan¡±. When a general hold a flag on which a large Chinese word
appeared, he asked the accompany that what is the meaning of that word,
they told him its meaning is NOTHING, he said excitedly: The answer
what I am looking for desperately all my life about the physical
reality, your ancestors had originally given thousands years ago. (see
his book: ¡°Wheeler¡¯s Lectures on Physics and Austerity¡±, 1982).<br>
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So far, on the argument of ¡°It from Bit¡±, we can not prove it is
correct, but can not prove it is wrong too.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Xueshan<br>
16:18, June 16, 2015<br>
Peking University<br>
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