RE: Abiogenesis is impossible
February 9, 2014 at 9:30 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2014 at 9:32 am by LostLocke.)
(February 9, 2014 at 3:39 am)snowtracks Wrote: Define 'information', and then defend it's use in that statement. - mind is greater than matter. therefore matter can't originate mind.It would in reality be way more accurate if the word 'information' was completely scrapped when having a discussion like this.
The word 'information' does not work in this context like you want it to from other uses.
I'll give you a simple example, you'll have to grasp what I mean on your own though:
1- My HDD contains the information needed to run my computer.
2- Human DNA does not contain the 'information' to build a human.
Or another example:
I hold out a glass in my hand. I let go of the glass. The glass falls, hits the ground and breaks.
Where is the 'information' that this should happen? Is it in the glass? Is it in the ground? Is it inside gravity itself? Does the glass 'know' to break when it hits the ground, or is it the ground that 'knows' to break the glass?