<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Dear Jason,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">If one is not a believer, it is easy to see that the idea of creating
the physical world through information is completely wrong.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Below I will give you a few quotes from my keynote speech </span><span style="font-size:14pt">at the IS4SI 2025 Summit in Varna, Bulgaria. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">It was titled “</span><span lang="BG" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Transfer of Data vs Creating of
Meaning:</span><span lang="BG" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="BG" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">The Key Role of Information Interaction</span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">” and was
based on the General Information Theory.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">The change of the structure and/or functionality of the entity, which is
due to impact of the other entity we denote with the notion "<i>reflection</i>".</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Reflection relations: </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">1) In reality: entities and their
reflections, </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">2) In consciousness: mental
reflections of real or mental entities; </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">3) Between reality and consciousness: sensory reflections and creative
psychological (self-) reflections.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Data = reflections, not recognized by Infos</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> “information” </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">= “data” + “meaning”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">= “mental data” + “meaning”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">“meaning” </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">= “mental model” = “knowledge”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"><b>Data, Information and Knowledge are all types of reflection.</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">For Infos in the Reality there exist two types of reflections:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> Data : not recognized reflections</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 72pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> Knowledge : externalized mental models</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">In everyday language the “Information” is a combination of both “knowledge”
and “data”. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Shannon's Information Theory and Quantum Information Theory both
consider the data.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">With respect,</span></p>

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