@Jayarava @DeityOfReligion Information theory has uses, but its definitions don’t capture usual meanings of “information” and “complexity.”
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@DeityOfReligion Not sure what this follows from, though I'm sure it is true.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Jayarava
@Jayarava Uh,@DeityOfReligion was using “complexity” to mean “entropy,” as in information theory. But that’s the usual meaning.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Jayarava@DeityOfReligion I mean, *not* the usual meaning! Coffee hasn’t hit yet.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Jayarava Of course I agree with@DeityOfReligion that “the human brain is the most complex thing” is vapid nonsense, however2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@DeityOfReligion Of course. Though I more often see the opposite - that it's not complex enough to explain consciousness.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Jayarava
@Jayarava Interesting… I expect@DeityOfReligion is critiquing “so complex we can never understand it, therefore it can do magic woo stuff”1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@Jayarava It's that, but also the confusion of incidental complexity necessary for functioning and the functioning itself1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@Meaningness@Jayarava The fact that a rocket can go to the moon is more impressive than the fact that a rocket is complex enough to do that1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@Jayarava Oh, that’s a nice point, and example, yes!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Meaningness @Jayarava Also brings to mind the fallacy that humans are more "complex" than "less evolved" organisms
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