Re: information as a selection

Gyorgy Darvas wrote:

> Dar Mark,
>
> > This
> >principle states that it is possible to consider information only in
> >interaction.
>
> Accepting this statement would lead to 2 consequences (if I understood well):
> (1) one can get information only in interaction
> (2) something (e.g., information) exists only if we have got information
> about it.
>
> While I support (1),
> I reject (2).
> (2) would be valid in Platonistic ontology, (although even some modern
> followers of Plato do not support it in this strong form).
>
> Gyuri
>
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Dear Gyuri and other participants of FIS,
I also reject (2) because according to the general theory of information,
information is a potency for change, but not necessarily actual change (M.
Burgin THE ESSENCE OF INFORMATION: PARADOXES, CONTRADICTIONS, AND SOLUTIONS).
Thus, interaction as the essential prerequisite of information also becomes
potential.

Sincerely,
   Mark
Received on Thu May 23 22:48:43 2002