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This is what they are trying to argue: "Information processing in organisms should be understood as the process whereby the organism compares its knowledge abou
by eveningcoffee 6y ago
This is what they are trying to argue: "Information processing in organisms should be understood as the process whereby the organism
compares its knowledge about the world with the observable state of the world at a given time; in
other words, the process whereby an organism weighs possible future outcomes against its present
condition. While the larger the number and the more accurate the processed observables from the
environment, the better the predictions and decisions, organisms cannot spend more energy than the
total return received from information.".
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoBut that's obviously false. If the environment is rich in sources of energy, such that expending energy in never really an issue, it makes no difference whether the total return from "processing observables" is more, less or equal to the energy spent doing it.