@tyrell_turing@fediscience.org @awaisaftab@mastodon.social @knutson_brain@sfba.social @NicoleCRust@neuromatch.social @neuralreckoning@neuromatch.social @summerfieldlab@qoto.org @Neurograce@mastodon.online @eikofried@mastodon.online You said info is what reduces uncertainty of a value, but that's a stochastic perspective. More generally Information "represents" a value. Information is compressed representation, so to speak. Information is about copying (representation) and transmitting configuration states of the world. It having to do with "state configurations" sets it apart from physical laws.