[net.philosophy] energy & information

tdh@frog.UUCP (T. Dave Hudson) (08/06/86)

> According to current theories, it is impossible to send information without
> sending energy.

Ceasing sending energy.

				David Hudson

franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) (08/14/86)

In article <998@frog.UUCP> tdh@frog.UUCP writes:
>
>> According to current theories, it is impossible to send information without
>> sending energy.
>
>Ceasing sending energy.

One can send information by sometimes sending energy and sometimes not.  A
certain total amount of energy is required on average, however.  (And note
that information theory depends on probability in the definition of
information, so that no questions about what probability means are relevant
here.)

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