Re: increase in information represented by DNA



John Harshman wrote:
treusdrie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

John Harshman wrote:


Since information is the degree to which one variable of a system
depends on or is constrained by another, fitness is a function of
information inasmuch as one set of variables intrinsic to the organism
depends on or is constrained by another set of variables extrinsic to
the organism.

So genotype X has more information than genotype Y if genotype X has
higher fitness in the current environment?


Not necessarily. Information content is a function of the number of
elements in either corresponding set of variables. More complex
organisms require more information.

So that whole thing about measuring information by measuring fitness was
just wrong?

No, just incomplete.

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