Re: increase in information represented by DNA

John Harshman wrote:

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So, to recap: information is fitness,


Not quite. Information is a necessary condition of fitness.

Why?

Adaptation is impossible without a covariant relationship between
variables intrinsic and extrinsic to the organism, which constitutes
information.

information is not fitness,


Right, they are not the same thing.


information is complexity,


To some extent, though not completely.

To what extent?

To the extent many variables of a system depending on or being
constrained by corresponding others represents more information than
fewer variables does.

and information is not complexity.


They are not the same thing, okay.


Information is nothing and everything, apparently,


It's neither, actually.

What is it, then? And please don't just repeat your operationally
useless bit about variables.

That is the definition of information and the basis of its equivalence
with adaptiveness, which is the topic of this thread whether or not
you find it useful.

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So you're saying that anything involving cause and effect is information?

No. Two sets of variables in that relationship.

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