Gene duplication = information!

I agree about the blather part, but "information" already has a definition. As with creationist definitions of evolution where the only way they can appear to have a leg to stand on is by mis-defining it, the same thing is true of information.--Percy

Hmmm - wasn't expecting that answer. Letting creationists redefine information seems inconsistent with your position over in Why creationist definitions of evolution are wrong, terribly wrong. about not letting creationists redefine evolution.--Percy

I think that both evolution and information have clear-cut definitions, and that anyone can come up with their own evolutionary mechanisms or information metrics that we can assess. Where information and evolution differ is that a layperson can be persuaded which definition of evolution properly applies within biology without too much difficulty, but this is not true for information. Convincing laypeople that meaning has no place in information is as difficult as convincing them that entropy isn't what makes rooms messy. Which makes a lot of sense since information and entropy are flip sides of the same coin.--PercyPS - Kolmogorov complexity is not another information metric. It combines Shannon information with computational concepts to form one approach for measuring algorithmic complexity.

Information is one message of a set of messages. Shannon information is my metric.Concerning KC, Kolmogorov defined functions for both complexity and information. The functions are not identical. If you're thinking of Komogorov's function for information then I won't quibble, but Kolmogorov's function for complexity isn't really a measure of information.--Percy