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Re:A physicist argues that information is at the root of eve... by RevRal on Sunday April 25, 2010 @06:04PM (#1293619)
Okay, I'm just going to come out and say it, since it comes to mind every time I see an article like this. Let me know if I'm off track.

Isn't it more accurate to say that "description," rather than "information," is the root of everything? Information itself is pretty abstract, so it seems far more useful to do it this way.

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Re:A physicist argues that information is at the root of eve... by jey on Sunday April 25, 2010 @07:06PM (#1293697)
They're using information in a technical sense, in the sense of "information theory" and maybe "Kolmogorov complexity".
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