What is \'Information\'? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, December 27, 2013, 00:25 (3985 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George: How did the universe get so complicated?
> Marcus Chown offers an explanation:
> 
> http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/4463/how-did-the-universe-get-so-complicated&#13... 
> His theory of what information is and where it comes from,
> namely that it is generated by randomness, 
> would seem to flatly contradict DT's arguments.-I really appreciate your following our debates so closely. -From the article: "Einstein was wrong when he said: "God does not play dice with the universe." Not only does his metaphorical God play dice with the universe, if he did not, there would be no universe, certainly not of the complexity needed for humans to have arisen and for you to be reading these words. We live in a random reality. We live in a universe ultimately generated by the quantum roll of a dice." -Certainly true and I have no disagreement, but in my discussions I am referring to Shannon's interpretation of information. Our reality is based on the uncertainties of quanta, but our reality is somewhat separate as we interpret it, and the existence of two realms is what confused Einstein, amazing as that is, but certainly not surprising for the rest of us. Our visit from Ruth Kastner helped me but was still confusing. See her theory:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_interpretation