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Today @davidarredondo said this: https://twitter.com/davidarredondo/status/1095452087175925762 … I found it extremely useful and I think it applies directly to this conversation.

So I'd say: information is a fundamental feature of the universe — but meaning requires an interpreter. If you want to get all picky about it haha — interpreters are emergent features of the universe, they process and ascribe meaning, and as such, meaning is a feature of the uni

im confused can you dumb this down for me pretty please

I’ve been staring at my phone for the better part of an hour trying to work this all out

Trying to navigate the lingo: a person’s sensation of ‘red’ is a classic example of quale. It’s a perception of a wavelength of light, an objective reality... information. We bestow meaning upon quale. Luckily, most folks have similar senses, similar perceptions, similar meaning.

No. Not really. Ever studied painting or worked with artists' paints? Red can be orange depending on what's proximally contiguous with it. Or purple. Or black ( depending on lighting).