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Ben!
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Message 135 of 204 (237147)
08-26-2005 1:54 AM
Reply to: Message 134 by randman
08-26-2005 1:49 AM


Re: question
Information
Information about what?

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Ben!
Member (Idle past 1426 days)
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From: Hayward, CA
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Message 137 of 204 (237151)
08-26-2005 2:10 AM
Reply to: Message 136 by randman
08-26-2005 1:58 AM


Re: question
Information isn't a "thing". Information is a representation of SOMETHING. Information doesn't make any sense without an observer. Saying "information of information" is meaningless. At the base there has to be SOMETHING.
I don't know how why you're postulationg a "basic something." How is your "basic something" different from space and time? Why aren't space and time the "basic something" which the information is derived off of?
They exist as a design, as information. The universe is not made up then of space and time, but exists whether space and time are evident.
A design is not a thing. And neither is information. I can't make sense of what you mean. Physics is simply the formulation of a set of theories that try to explain the observable world. What is "design" without a medium? What is representation (information) without a thing to represent (a thing to inform about)?
The universe is not made up then of space and time, but exists whether space and time are evident.
Why postulate things in this way? I don't see what this buys you as a theory. What is the advantage of postulating this unobservable "basic something", from which all observables are based off of?

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