Re: Thermo-dynamic philosophy for kids; was Re: Mail Server a long time ago

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:26:51 +0100

Paul Lutus wrote:

> They are intimately related. However people view information in an
> everyday sense, it still must meet the physical rules that govern
> information -- it can't travel faster than light, more information means
> more mass/energy, issues of compressibility and minimal representation,
> that sort of thing.

Why do you think "information can't travel faster than light"?
In what sense does "more information mean more mass/energy"?

Is "information" in your sense a synonym for entropy?
If so, do you believe that mass increases as entropy increases?
If not, what is the difference between information and entropy? 

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