Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion
Many researchers believe that information is physical. The goal of this paper is to show thatthis is only a grand illusion while in reality information in the strict sense belongs to the World of Structures, which is the scientific interpretation of the World of Plato Ideas or Forms. In addition, it...
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| description | Many researchers believe that information is physical. The goal of this paper is to show thatthis is only a grand illusion while in reality information in the strict sense belongs to the World of Structures, which is the scientific interpretation of the World of Plato Ideas or Forms. In addition, it is studied how the ideal information acquires a physical representation and is embedded in a physical carrier in the process of materialization. The process of idealization, which is inverse to materialization and in which information is extracted from its physical carrier as an ideal essence, is also discussed. People do not often make a distinction between abstract and ideal objects. That is why, herein, it is explicitly defined what an abstract object is and how an ideal object comes into being elucidating the difference between these entities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef06bb5e6ad3411e9e6d7f32f48aa5142023-11-23T18:34:08ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002022-03-018117610.3390/proceedings2022081076Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand IllusionMark Burgin0Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAMany researchers believe that information is physical. The goal of this paper is to show thatthis is only a grand illusion while in reality information in the strict sense belongs to the World of Structures, which is the scientific interpretation of the World of Plato Ideas or Forms. In addition, it is studied how the ideal information acquires a physical representation and is embedded in a physical carrier in the process of materialization. The process of idealization, which is inverse to materialization and in which information is extracted from its physical carrier as an ideal essence, is also discussed. People do not often make a distinction between abstract and ideal objects. That is why, herein, it is explicitly defined what an abstract object is and how an ideal object comes into being elucidating the difference between these entities.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/76informationworld of structuresphysical worldmental worldsystemcarrier |
| spellingShingle | Mark Burgin Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion Proceedings information world of structures physical world mental world system carrier |
| title | Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion |
| title_full | Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion |
| title_fullStr | Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion |
| title_short | Physical Facets of Information, Information Materialization or the Grand Illusion |
| title_sort | physical facets of information information materialization or the grand illusion |
| topic | information world of structures physical world mental world system carrier |
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