Hi, Interesting discussions about the nature of information, but the concept of "information" may not be definable in terms of one or more simple sentences but requires a system of nodes and arrows organized as an irreducible triad as shown in Figure 1 below.
There is no doubt that "information" is deeply related to "semiosis" and hence to the Peircean "sign". In a certain sense, "information" is a sign and as such must be irreducibly triadic, which, again, may be represented diagrammatically thus: f g Object ---------> Sign --------> Interpretant | ^ | | |__________________________| h Figure 1. "Information" as a Peircean sign and a mathematical category. f = natural process; g = mental process; h = information flow. The commutative requirement is thought to be satisfied: f x g = h. Now, concerning the relation between "information" and "matter", if there is "organized" matter, there must also exist "disorganized matter", otherwise how can you tell whether matter is organized or not ? This conclusion seems to agree with what Nick Herbert calls the "spectral area code" [1], which in turn is a generalization of the Fourier theorem, according to which any wave can be described most efficiently in terms of its 'kin' waveform family which has its 'conjugate' waveform family which is orthogonal to it and hence least efficient for describing the wave. Perhaps matter is neither organized nor disorganized; it appears either this way or that only to the human mind. Likewise with "information". Matter is neither "informed" nor "uninformed"; it appears this way or that only to the the human mind. With all the best. Sung Reference: [1] Herbert, N. (1985). Quantum Reality: Beyond New Physics. Anchor Books, New York. Pp. 87-89.
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