[Sigia-l] the meaning of information

[Eric Scheid]

(Argh no! What am I doing! When will I learn to avoid this rat hole?)

Here's an interesting page regarding the definition of 'information'.

    http://www.antievolution.org/people/wre/evc/argresp/information.html

The page is a counter argument to some anti-evolution baiting, and discusses
three definitions of 'information'.

    Information as a Shannon-Weaver measure
    Algorithmic Information measures
    A layman's interpretation of "information".

What I found interesting was the distinction between information symbols and
'meaning', which I don't recall being a key feature of our recent brief
chats on this. I suspect it comes into play at the information -> knowledge
bridge, but have to let the idea sink a bit more.

In light of the range of opinion featured in our recent brief communal chat
on this topic, may I suggest we each hold back on jotting witty little
off-the-cuff snarkisms to the list (despite me snarkily using terms like
"brief chat" just now ;-)

e.