John,
Please, if you would, explain the relationship of the theory in this paper
to a conception of information. If the 'demon' quote has access to a source
of energy unquote, then of course one can draw almost any conclusion one
wants. We know from Mark Burgin's note, about which I also comment today,
that information is a kind of energy so the need for a 'demon' to be
anything but another model is not clear.
Thank you and best wishes,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Collier" <colli...@ukzn.ac.za>
To: <fis@listas.unizar.es>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:21 AM
Subject: [Fis] The remote Maxwell demon as energy down-converter
http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3797
This article describes an intersting implementation of the use of
information instead of energy, something I have been arguing for on this
list for some time (see also my 1990 paper on Maxwell's demon).
John
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