[Sigia-l] Serious Discussion of IA Research?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Ed Housman
>  
> > If indeed information is the actions themselves, not the object
> > being acted on, then the moment those actions stop, information
> > disappeared. Thus, information cannot be preserved. Of course,
> > many will tell you that information can indeed be preserved.
>
> The laws of entropy apply to information. Info, since it involves a
> form of some kind, slowly falls apart and decays into chaos, or gets
> lost, or otherwise disappears over time.

Hogwash!

Entropy applied to information is about guarding against communication
channel noise during transmission. By knowing the information you want
to transmit and the channel characteristics, you can package the
information in such a way that it is transmitted without distortion.


Boniface