Re: [Fis] The remote Maxwell demon as energy down-converter

2014-08-21 Thread Joseph Brenner

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

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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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[Fis] The remote Maxwell demon as energy down-converter

2014-08-20 Thread John Collier

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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Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South Africa
T: +27 (31) 260 3248 / 260 2292   F: +27 (31) 260 3031
Http://web.ncf.ca/collier

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