(November 20, 2013 at 8:54 pm)snowtracks Wrote:(November 19, 2013 at 10:50 am)Chas Wrote: What you deem to be information is simply the cumulative change of successful biochemical reactions.
The information is the memory of successful biochemistry.
There is nothing more.
first sentence under dna wikipedia - Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses.
so are you saying that's incorrect? or instuctions is not information?
I'm saying that you are reading too much into the word 'information'. The information is simply the accumulated successes of previous generations. That is its only source and meaning.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.