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From: Deepak Chopra Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:58 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: thread Read the thread Most of it is too technical so above my head=nbsp; My two bits Information is how consciousness creates ord=r out of chaos The play of Chaos / Order are complementary =spects of creativity Deepak Chopr= Carlsbad, CA 92009 <x-apple-data-detectors://0> =uper Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Wellbeing <http://www.amazon.com/=uper-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being/dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> On Aug 10, 2016, at 8:48 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@g=ail.com» wrote: 21 of 187,586 Re: Inbox x <https://sslistatic.c=m/ui/vVicons/mail/profile_mask_2x.png> Seth Lloyd 6:27 PM (12 hours =go) =img class="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif= alt=""> to <https://mail.google.com/=ail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif> 1. Yes this is 'reversion to the mean' and it definitely h=ppens. This is the basis for what is called an EFTA_R1_01555882 EFTA02454254 entropic force (rubber bands as we discussed) 2. Absolutely: for large numbers of particles, the entropy arguments g=ve rise to macroscopic statistical quantities like temperature and pressure 3. Yes: and they don't obey the central limit theorem (they are non-Ga=ssian). As we discussed, there are lots of potential reasons for this. The main on= is that if there is no restriction on the variance of a distribution the central limit theorem doesn't apply=and so you get power laws as in the Pareto law for income distribution. 4. I didn't claim I described it well. I'd say one actor =ntentionally hides some information that the other actor can't decrypt. That is, the first actor is tr=ing to deceive the second in order to take advantage. Got to run give a talk for Stewart Brand/Danny Hillis! Seth On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@=mail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: 1, re flips. ordering is not my focus. &n=sp; my focus is that the program that says. as you appro=ch a larger number the total number of ones and zeros ( the fair coin flip.) , should be 50/50/ it is the o=posite of information as that relates to the individual flips. , I maintain that the distribution of flips=may be described by skewing . A force that leads t= 50/ 50 2. again re heat. we cant say anything =bout indiv particles. but we can measure their overall temp 3. social distributions of talents and characteristics,&n=sp; seem to follow the same distribution for 4 deception, relies on the concept of INTENTION.&nb=p; not well desribed. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Seth Lloyd <slloyd@mit.edu <mailto: > &=t; wrote: Dear Jeffrey, It was very fun talking with you the weekend before last. I hav= downloaded The Improvement of the Mind and am reading. I feel my mind imp=oving already ;-) years. and pres=ure The conversation and your ideas fit in closely with work I've been doi=g and am proposing to do. Maybe this is not surprising because we've been ta=king about these topics for years. I've been traveling around (Santa=Fe, now in San Francisco, soon to be in Banff) and so have had time to think4=iv> more about what we discussed. Here is a succinct summary of my own take. I know yours is some=hat different. 2 EFTA_R1_01555883 EFTA02454255 Information is a fundamental quantity, measured in bits. Information can be random, like the typical string of bits one gets by flipping a coin 0101110110101000011 (I just flipped a coin and let heads = 1 and tails = 0), or it can be ordered, like the bit string 0000000000000000. There is a technical definition of order and randomness: a bit string<=div> is ordered if there is a succinctly describable method, e.g., a short computer program, for producing it. By contrast, a string is random if the shortest program for producing it is the same length as the string itself. For example, the string consisting of a billion 0's can be produced by a short program: Print '0' 1(309 times. By contrast, the shortest program to produce the string 0101110110101000011 is something like: Print 0101110110101000011. This way of defining order/randomness is called algorithmic information. The interesting thing about algorithmic information is that the short program can be hard to find. A string can look very random and still have a short program. For example, the first billion bits of pi, written in binary, have a short program, but if I just give you those bits, they would look statistically random. This means that so far as we or any other information processing system is concerned, order/randomness is subjective: some information<=div> can be ordered and non-random, but we may not be able to recognize the underlying order, so we treat it as random. That is, the ord=r is cryptic: we don't know how to decode it. This cryptici=y is the key feature for looking at both physical systems and human/social<=div> systems. Physical systems: In physical systems such as a gas of molec=les, entropy is the amount of information that is required to describe the underlying<=div> motions of those molecules. Because the molecules are bou=cing off each other in an essentially random way, entropy is assumed to be random information. Heat is energy that is encumbered by entro=y/randomness. The randomness makes it harder to take advantage of that energy. By contrast, free energy is energy where t=e information required to describe how that energy is arranged is ordered, not random. Free energy is energy we can take advantage of. Now comes the kicker: suppose that a syste= is actually ordered, but that order is cryptic. If we can't decipher =he 3 EFTA_R1_01555884 EFTA02454256 order, we can't take advantage of it. So whether energy is free or not depends o= our ability to detect its underlying order. That is, the availability=of energy depends on the computationall/decrypting ability of whatever system (molecule, microbe, human) is trying to take advantage of that energy. Social/human interactions: Human interactions are about the exchange =f information, plus other stuff (goods, services, money, etc.). Everything th=t is exchanged brings with it the information that describes what is exchanged, what can be done with it, etc. So for example,=a US Treasury bond comes with the specification of its price and its fut=re interest payments. A complex option comes with the speci=ication of what can be bought and sold when. As a result, human interactions are awash =n information. Different people are capable of decoding/decyphering that information in differe=t ways. The ability to detect a pattern or order in information t=anslates into the ability to take advantage of a social situation. =For example, the efficient market hypothesis states that fluctuations in the prices=/div> of a given stock should be essentially random. But if you happe= to possess some information that allows you to predice the future fluctua=ions of the stock, then you can make money. Similarly, to play into you ideas about de=eption, when two actors enter into a transaction, each presents the other with informat=on about their obligations under the transaction. Each actor=looks at that information and judges whether the transaction will turn out to their own advantage. But because each actor perceives di=ferent patterns in the information, they can come up with different evaluatio=s of the future worth of the transaction. Deception arises because one actor may hid= a pattern in the revealed information, a pattern that the other actor doesn't perceive, div> but that makes the transaction more advantageous to the first actor.</=iv> I've been told that this is called, doing business. Talk some more? Yours, Seth please note The information contained in this communication is 4 EFTA_R1_01555885 EFTA02454257 confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved 5 EFTA_R1_01555886 EFTA02454258