I mean, think about it: Matter is universal, ubiquitous, and homogeneous, generally speaking. Everything in the world is made out of the same "stuff," to put it very crudely. It seems to me that what makes an entity the thing it is, given the ubiquity and "sameness" of matter, is how the matter is put together, how it is assembled -- its "instruction set." But now we are talking about an entity's information content -- and this is not a material thing.
Just a little speculation I've been thinking through lately....
I posted this to another thread, jennyp. Is this sort of thing what makes me a "supernaturalist?"
I don't think you understand my motivation. I am not trying to "prove anything" or "win arguments"; frankly, that sort of thing matters to me less and less with the passage of time. What is important to me is to understand this amazing universe in which I live, on its own terms; and I find I can't make any sense out of it at all, if matter is "all there is."
I do try to keep an open mind; and my brains haven't fallen out -- at least I don't think so, at least not yet.