Information as the source of life (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 21:11 (3065 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: If the information already exists in the rock, humans did not create it, .... Yes, we describe the structure of the rock, precisely as I wrote below, and then the info appears for all to see. Once again, we did not create it.-I don't agree. The inert rock exists, but only until we describe it does information exist that can be used by mental activity. We are not discussing information at the same level. It only becomes information when humans describe it.-In living matter we can describe the parts that exist in the cell as a simple description. How the cell operates is another description. These are not the same information as in the genome which contains the instructions for operating systems in the cell. Life cannot exists without the operating information. And the shorthand applies: life runs on information. Therefore I view different types of information as being very different and very separate.