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Measuring information
Information has a purpose.
Information has a purpose.
== Measuring information ==
Whilst there is no measure for information, it is possible to compare two similar pieces of information to see which has the most information. For example, compare the following two sentences:<ref>Example taken from Lamb, Andrew, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/4947/ More or less information?], [[17 February]] [[2007]].</ref>
*She has a yellow vehicle.
*She has a yellow car.
The second sentence conveys more information than the first, because the second tells you not just she has a vehicle, but that the specific type of vehicle is a car.
But also note that the second sentence, although carrying more information, is shorter than the first sentence. Thus a measure of information at the ''statistical'' level bears little if any relationship to the amount of ''meaningful'' information.
== Origin of information ==
== Origin of information ==
Thus all information ultimately has its origin in a personal mind excercising free will<ref>Gitt, page 113.</ref>, an intelligence.<ref>Bates, Gary, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/551 SETI—coming in from the cold of space], ''Creation'' 26(3):48–50
Thus all information ultimately has its origin in a personal mind excercising free will<ref>Gitt, page 113.</ref>, an intelligence.<ref>Bates, Gary, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/551 SETI—coming in from the cold of space], ''Creation'' 26(3):48–50
June 2004.</ref>
June 2004.</ref>
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== Information and creation ==
== Information and creation ==