Re: [Fis] It From Bit video

2015-05-27 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
Paul Davies talk as if the symmetries add nothing once you have all the asymmetries, so the laws are a result of information as well. I don’t see through this adequately myself as yet, though. John   From: Srinandan Dasmahapatra [mailto:s...@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:s...@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Re: [Fis] It From Bit video

2015-05-26 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
Re: boundary conditions, etc. I struggle to understand many/most of the posts on this list, and the references to boundary conditions, geometry and information leave me quite befuddled as well. Is it being claimed that geometry the same as information? That the requirement of predictions makes

Re: [Fis] {Disarmed} Re: New Year Lecture: Aftermath

2015-04-25 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
of dynamical variables into meaningful entities. The frames come built into solipsistic corrals of each organism, and the bumping of these corrals against each other shapes the formation of what we call meaning. Cheers, Sri Srinandan Dasmahapatra Original message From: Terrence W

Re: [Fis] FIS in Varna. Analogue Computation

2014-07-15 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
transferred. In any case, Shannon discussed the bandwidth of continuous process channels. It is worth looking at. John At 10:28 PM 2014-07-14, Srinandan Dasmahapatra wrote: I think I agree with Joseph Brenner here.  Analogue computing is linked to real processes, while living beings find ways

Re: [Fis] fluctuons

2010-11-15 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
molecules)? Please note that it is an extraordinarily deep and for me still unanswered question as to whether the terms history and information can apply to fluctuations in the quantum vacuum at all. Thank you and best wishes, Joseph - Original Message - From: Srinandan Dasmahapatra

Re: [Fis] fluctuons

2010-11-13 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
Conrad in there, to bring it back to where the discussion started. Cheers, Sri Srinandan Dasmahapatra School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ Phone: +44(0)2380594503 s...@ecs.soton.ac.uk ___ fis mailing

Re: [Fis] The Fascination of Art

2008-10-04 Thread Srinandan Dasmahapatra
I'm surprised to not see any of the obvious issue that come to my head -- conspicuous consumption by the wealthy and powerful, choosing to focus on buying up that which some consider valuable. After all, this continues in a more distributed market driven manner, commissions issued by