Dear Dr. Yan I make reference to the MacKay quote in my article that can be found here: www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/3/1/68/pdf
I make reference to Hayles, K. How We Became Posthuman; University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL, USA, 1999. where you will find an extensive discussion of Donald MacKay's formulation of his definition of information: Information is a distinction that makes a difference–MacKay If you google "Information is a distinction that makes a difference" you will find many more references to this quote. with kind regards - Bob Logan On 2013-04-14, at 4:52 AM, Xueshan Yan wrote: > "Information is a distinction that > makes a difference" ______________________ Robert K. Logan Chief Scientist - sLab at OCAD Prof. Emeritus - Physics - U. of Toronto www.physics.utoronto.ca/Members/logan
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