>Is information a "stuff" at all? No. It is merely some or all of the
>identity of something. Information as it relates to genetics is
information
>encoded in the *pattern*, the *ordering* of molecular components. But,
if
>you make information seem to be some kind of "stuff" rather than a state
or
>event or pattern or aspect of the identity of something, *then* it
becomes
>pseudo-plausible to argue that information comes from a designer, which
is
>exactly what Johnson then attempts to do.
Interesting, because Christians (and I are one, at least I think I am
<G>) have a tendency to give physical substance to mental concepts. For
example, sin. Most preaching against sin makes it into a physical thing,
even to giving it a personality. It's a short jump from sin is stuff to
information is stuff. Next we will be fighting the Spirit of Evolution.
billwald@juno.com
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