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[W]e must distinguish three kinds of information: Shannon’s information, the uncertainty as to which message will be selected from a source; factual … - Julian Barbour
" "[W]e must distinguish three kinds of information: Shannon’s information, the uncertainty as to which message will be selected from a source; factual information, the content of such a message; and intrinsic semantic information, which distinguishes a random message, or configuration, from one that carries meaning and to some extent explains its... genesis. All... have... underpinning in things.
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About Julian Barbour
Julian Barbour (born in 1937) is a British physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science.
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If you could look microscopically... at... my molecules... you would not recognize me from one second to another. In my body, every second, one hundred million million million... hemoglobin molecules... is destroyed, and the same number is created. So... at each split second, I'm really a very different person.
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