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Quote | As a Christian I can reasonably believe that information does not require a physical/material medium. Is it coincidence that Shannon’s information system is a three-part system and the Christian God is a triune God (though not one of “parts,” just to be clear on that.) Otoh, it’s a material world, or so the saying goes.
Of course, I believe in revelation. So how does God impart information to human minds?
Ah well, I certainly would not accept it on scientific faith that “Information is not a disembodied abstract entity; it is always tied to a physical representation.”
Comment by Mung — July 5, 2006 @ 5:23 pm |
I thought they were going to nix the religion talk? Oh well. But, I do have to say, I love the talk about how the triune god matches the triune Shannon information system. Next they'll be talking about how the triune god shows up in the "fact" that there are 3 states of matter.
Then, a couple comments down, I learned that ether really does exist, because Michelson-Morley didn't do squat (according to the greatest of scientific minds Avocationist)...
Quote | ” It seems to me that information cannot be stored or transmitted without some material medium involved in the process.”
That is why the concept of an ether is making a comeback. There has to be a subtle field from God to matter. I had liked the idea in a new-agey kind of way, but on a forum was told that an experiment had done away with the ether idea. With great interest, I googled the Mitchelson-Morley experiment. Interesting read, but never did I think that this rather crude, tho clever, experiment actually had the capacity to address the kind of ether that we require. According to a book I’ve got, physicist John Bell thought the primary substance of the universe was nonlocal (existing everywhere). And that David Bohm thought an invisible field connects all matter and events in the universe.
Comment by avocationist — July 5, 2006 @ 8:15 pm |
Yeah, ether is making a comeback, right. I hear bellbottoms are making a comeback too.
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