[extropy-chat] Planck time, and why it does not matter (was: "Dead Time" of the Brain)

[Jef Allbright]

What an extremely refreshing post!
- Jef  (Who seldom posts "me-toos", but couldn't restrain himself.)

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On 4/27/06, J. Andrew Rogers <andrew at ceruleansystems.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:17 PM, Heartland wrote:
> > Please explain how any activity *itself* (not representation of it)
> > is information.
> > Isn't information merely a part of a system that organizes that
> > activity?
>
>
> If it can be specified, it is not just information but finite
> information.  Algorithms (and their implementations) are just compact/
> efficient representations of static information.  How we choose to
> represent information does not alter the underlying information content.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity

<snip>

> And just to nip the inevitable "but brains are not GLUTs" argument in
> the bud:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness
>
> Which basically says,"yes, they are" in a lot more words.