<div dir="auto">Sorry I meant Krassimir, not Karl! </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 5 Oct 2019, 16:07 Mark Johnson, <<a href="mailto:johnsonmwj1@gmail.com">johnsonmwj1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Durkheim's analysis of the "Elementary forms of Religious Life" is not a bad starting point for clarifying what we are talking about (or in the case of Karl, what we might not want to talk about).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Durkheim distinguishes "belief" from "ritual". This seems sensible. Both have an information content, don't they?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The information of belief might be dismissed as "fake news" (or is that a kind of heresy?!) or not, but the information content of ritual is partly diachronic in a way that belief isn't, and presents a case where one might identify a relation between the diachronic dimension of a rite and the synchronic dimension of a belief. Theatre, music and media share these properties, and we admit them to our domain of inquiry - and they may well have their roots in ritual (see Jane Harrison - "Ancient art and Ritual"). Since our modern lives are no less replete with rituals (like writing on FIS) it seems highly relevant to explore their information content.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For a more philosophical view on this, Simon Critchley's new book "Tragedy, the Greeks and Us" is excellent in his unpicking of the Platonist view of the world and upholding the diachronic ambiguity of ancient drama (and by extension, ritual, or what Critchley calls "meta-ritual")</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mark</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 5 Oct 2019, 13:03 Michel Petitjean, <<a href="mailto:petitjean.chiral@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">petitjean.chiral@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br>
We receive "information" from family, teachers, TV, journals,<br>
internet, preachers, and so on.<br>
I am ready to discuss about information in the context of religious<br>
beliefs and other beliefs, and I am ok to hear about information in<br>
such contexts on the FIS forum.<br>
The contrast is considerable between the FIS forum and what is stated<br>
by many Churches: "no doubt about what is taught: divin laws apply;<br>
doubting is a sin" (doubting deserves blame, and sometimes death, as<br>
say some fanatics).<br>
It was true along the past centuries, and alas it is still true now at<br>
many places.<br>
Older are the "fake news", more people believe in them.<br>
Many people doubt about the validity of the content of recent books,<br>
but, for older books such that holy scriptures, it is amazing to see<br>
that so few people doubt about the validity of their content: their<br>
content IS true.<br>
Well, I forget that there are several contents and that the hundred of<br>
millions of believers disagree between themselves.<br>
At least many millions of believers should be wrong, if not all :)<br>
Are my words shocking?<br>
If yes, apologies.<br>
It is ok to discuss information in scientific contexts (include social<br>
sciences, humanities, etc.), but if you prefer to discuss about<br>
information from a religious point of view, it is ok, too.<br>
You may decide.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Michel.<br>
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Michel Petitjean<br>
Université de Paris, BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, INSERM ERL U1133, F-75013 Paris, France<br>
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Le sam. 5 oct. 2019 à 12:26, Malcolm Dean <<a href="mailto:malcolmdean@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">malcolmdean@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
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>> Message: 1<br>
>> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 12:02:45 +0300<br>
>> From: "Krassimir Markov" <<a href="mailto:markov@foibg.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">markov@foibg.com</a>><br>
>> To: "Malcolm Dean" <<a href="mailto:malcolmdean@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">malcolmdean@gmail.com</a>>, "FIS"<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">fis@listas.unizar.es</a>><br>
>> Subject: [Fis] Please, be more realistic!<br>
>><br>
>> Dear Malcolm,<br>
>> "religious, mythical or esoteric kinds of thoughts" belong to the class of believing.<br>
>> Believing is nice psychological condition but not constructive and useful.<br>
>> For instance, I believe that I am a rich man, but unfortunately in real I am not!<br>
>> Because of this I could not take part in very interesting FIS and IS4IS conferences!<br>
>> Please, be more realistic!<br>
>> Friendly greetings<br>
>> Krassimir<br>
>><br>
> My point is that even if your bias is accepted as absolutely true, just for one moment, that does not excuse any definition of Information from having to explain their origins and functions.<br>
><br>
> Dismissing them as beliefs, psychological conditions, and "not constructive and useful" is not itself "constructive or useful." It is your opinion and worldview.<br>
><br>
> If you can explain how these kinds of thoughts originate and function, then you have the beginning of scientific dialogue. Otherwise, not. And such an explanation, for the purpose of this forum, should be limited to the nature of Information, and not other hypotheses such as we can find in Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology.<br>
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> Malcolm Dean<br>
> Editor: How Information Creates Its Observer (Lerner 2019)<br>
> Member, Higher Cognitive Affinity Group, BRI<br>
> Research Affiliate, Human Complex Systems, UCLA<br>
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> So it is necessary for you to be abreast of everything; on the one hand, the unshakable heart of well-rounded truth, and, on the other, the opinions of mortals, in which there is no true conviction. (Parmenides, Fragment 24)<br>
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