On 6/8/07, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The issue is this: how can you prove a given form - whether a physical form or form of behaviour - is disordered? How can you prove that it cannot be considered as having been programmed, and there is no underlying formula for it? (And another way of saying "disordered" is "free" as in free-form - and NOT free-willed).
Google some stuff on compression and information theory. Compression algorithms try and predict the probability of the next bit/byte/thing being in different states. If all states are equally likely, then entropy is maximal, and it's not possible to compress the observations. Of course, in such a case, the heuristic for estimating probabilities might not be optimal. J ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e