[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

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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 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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[I]f you imagine two NOWs... there will be some difference between them, and if you work out some weighted average of all of that difference... you can call that... the amount of time between them. ...[T]his has nothing to do with some substance... It's just difference between those two things. ...[T]his is the quantity that is... being measured by my watch...

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