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Center for Nonlinear Studies |
In examining definitions of information, essentially all are found to be circular in nature and fail to address the issue of how information originates. To address these issues, a new definition of information based on selection is proposed. By requiring information to be "long-lived," noting that information is NOT a thermodynamic equilibrium state, and taking into account the Second Law of Thermodynamics, a somewhat surprising underlying selection criterion emerges. From this, the parallel nature of life and information becomes immediately obvious. How information initially originated also becomes clear. The definition and its consequences are further expanded on.