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To: Alamo-Girl

One problem is that some people like to use the word "information" in various contratictory ways (in the same essay) in order to confuse these issues. Much of the stuff from "Discovery Institute" is of this nature. Similarly for the term "complexity." I see no reason to attribute honesty to those who do this intentionally.


933 posted on 07/11/2004 10:02:42 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
Thank you for your reply!

One problem is that some people like to use the word "information" in various contratictory ways (in the same essay) in order to confuse these issues.

Seems to me that politicians are the most skilled at torturing word meanings. LOL!

I do believe it is important on these kinds of threads to agree to definitions as early as possible. Without qualifiers or definitions, the words "information" and "complexity" are much too generalized to be communicative.

935 posted on 07/11/2004 10:24:48 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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