This defn has served me well over the years: "Information is a correlation between two things that is produced by a lawful process" — Pinker
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@KevinSimler What does it mean by lawful? Rule following? Consistent?
@sebinsua Pinker had a parenthetical for that (which unfortunately didn't fit in my tweet). He said lawful = not by chance
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@sebinsua so if a tree has 33 rings, that's "information" about the tree's age. But it's not "info" about my age, even if I happen to be 33. -
@KevinSimler@sebinsua (Conditional on, say, it not being planted in honor of your birthday...)
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