A small selection of the frequently asked questions about information theory are now listed and answered briefly.
We can now begin to evaluate semantic information quantitatively, after having considered the essentials at the semantics level in the preceding chapters.
To rise above Shannon’s information theory, it is necessary to define measures for semantic information which must be generally valid.
If someone presents a model for explaining the origin of life, but he cannot say where the creative information characteristic of all life-forms came from, the crucial question remains unanswered.
Information accosts us from all sides and presents itself over a wide range of manifestations.
There is an extreme multiplicity of life-forms around us, and even a simple unicellular organism is much more complex and purposefully designed than anything that human inventiveness can produce.
Information always plays a substitutionary role. The encoding of reality is a mental process.
The question is whether these pictures represent information or not.
Many scientists therefore justly regard information as the third fundamental entity alongside matter and energy.
Through the natural sciences, the world around us is observed for the purpose of discovering the rules governing it.
What is the reason that such a system can function?
The topic of this book is the concept of information.
The question about the duration of the creation days arises frequently. I believe it can be shown from a biblical and scientific viewpoint that one can have full confidence in the biblical account.
Stephen W. Hawking, identifies the ultimate question behind everything. 'Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from.'
The cells of the human body can produce at least 100,000 different types of proteins, all with a unique function. The information to make each of these complicated molecular machines is stored on the well-known molecule, DNA.
For decades, speculation about extraterrestrial life has been boosted by tales of flying saucers and encounters with aliens.
People have always been fascinated by the stars and many have tried to count them.
A rigorous analysis of the characteristics of information demonstrates that living things intrinsically reflect both the mind and will of their Creator.
In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy.
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