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Is any entity or form that provides the answer to a question of some kind or resolves uncertainty. It is thus related to data and knowledge, as data represents values attributed to parameters, and knowledge signifies understanding of real things or abstract concepts.
Information is conveyed either as the content of a message or through direct or indirect observation. That which is perceived can be construed as a message in its own right, and in that sense, information is always conveyed as the content of a message.
Information can be encoded into various forms for transmission and interpretation (for example, information may be encoded into a sequence of signs, or transmitted via a signal). It can also be encrypted for safe storage and communication.
Information reduces uncertainty. The uncertainty of an event is measured by its probability of occurrence and is inversely proportional to that. The more uncertain an event, the more information is required to resolve uncertainty of that event. The bit is a typical unit of information, but other units such as the nat may be used. For example, the information encoded in one "fair" coin flip is log2(2/1) = 1 bit, and in two fair coin flips is log2(4/1) = 2 bits.
The concept that information is the message has different meanings in different contexts.[2] Thus the concept of information becomes closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, education, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, representation, and entropy.
: a sequence of coded instructions (such as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism
DNA dictates what your physical form will take for example, it probably has a whole host of other attributes of who you are that we haven't even begun to fully understand. Ok, So We are programs and the Universe is a Giant hologram. Who or what created this reality? I don't know. But lets say it doesn't have a state of "Being" it just "IS" Now what?
Encoded
Computing: convert (information or an instruction) into a particular form.
Biochemistry: (of a gene) be responsible for producing (a substance or behavior).
Infinitely small expands into infinitely large
infinitely large reduces to infinitely small
We exist in the center
those are our "Parameters"
Manifesting our own Reality
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But, I am more than just this physical shell. I have a spirit/soul.
Or in scientific terms. Space is a medium in which fields of different kinds exist. We already know what space is and we know what fields of energy are.
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
a reply to: SLAYER69
But, I am more than just this physical shell. I have a spirit/soul.
I like to make a distinction between soul and spirit. If the spirit is a medium, which contains fields of energy, then the soul is like a quantized unit within that medium.
Without a spirit, a soul would not exist. Without a soul, spirit would be smooth continuum of consciousness, lacking any potential for individuality.
originally posted by: jeep3r
a reply to: SLAYER69
Another quality thread, this is ATS at its best! Thank you, Slayer69...
There's a guy called Max Tegmark who proposes the so-called Mathematical Universe Hypothesis, basically suggesting that "our external physical reality is a mathematical structure".
I guess all this is difficult for us mortals to grasp, but one would be tempted to uncover the glitch in the matrix in order to prove these kinds of theories. One would further hope that none of these attempts would result in any catastrophic consequences...
In the Allegory of the Cave, the objects that are seen are not real, according to Plato, but literally mimic the real Forms.
The allegory is probably related to Plato's theory of Forms, according to which the "Forms" (or "Ideas"), and not the material world known to us through sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. Only knowledge of the Forms constitutes real knowledge
Platonic philosophical idea referring to pure forms which embody the fundamental characteristics of a thing in Platonism
On New Year's Eve, the Square dreams about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland) inhabited by "lustrous points". These points are unable to see the Square as anything other than a set of points on a line. Thus, the Square attempts to convince the realm's monarch of a second dimension; but is unable to do so. In the end, the monarch of Lineland tries to kill A Square rather than tolerate his nonsense any further.
Following this vision, he is himself visited by a three-dimensional sphere named A Sphere. Similar to the "points" in Lineland, the Square is unable to see the sphere as anything other than a circle. The Sphere then levitates up and down through the Flatland, allowing Square to see the circle expand and retract. The Square is not fully convinced until he sees Spaceland (a tridimensional world) for himself. This Sphere visits Flatland at the turn of each millennium to introduce a new apostle to the idea of a third dimension in the hopes of eventually educating the population of Flatland.
originally posted by: SLAYER69
a reply to: muzzleflash
S & F from me on that. I had to go through yours to make sure we weren't stepping on each others toes. Great thread and I'm looking forward to reading your Part II