Tag: entropy
David Berlinski on Europe, Entropy, Agnosticism
Berlinski tempts Peter Robinson to ask him whether he still considers himself an agnostic.
Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law
I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.”
On Universal Darwinism
Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology.
Proteome Is Analogous to Language
A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell.
Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?
Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics.