What Is Information?

When Creationists argue that no new information can be added to a genome through random mutation, they confuse the lines between "Matter" and "Information", sometimes using the terms interchangeably. To truly understand what information is, let's describe what it isn't. It ISN'T the hard drive. It ISN'T ones and zeroes. Information can be a nebulous thing, that could be described with the ones and zeroes STORED on a hard disk.
Information isn't language, it's what language represents. Information isn't the Internet, it's what the internet conveys in its' tubes. Information is an idea. And ideas spread, they mutate, they evolve. And the faster they reproduce, the faster the evolution. This is why information is becoming "faster" with the onset of faster vehicles of ideas. Information is almost "alive".

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[AncientAtheist]

Great video, man. Favorited.

A point that I have discussed a couple times in recent days - not all opinions have equal value (while acknowledging that everyone has a right to theirs).

[EricZombie]

@AncientAtheist Exactly. Everyone has a right to their opinion, just as I have an equal right to poke fun. Video about Mockery coming soon!

[sorchasloane]

I'm still trying to figure out what information "IS." Your video just said what it is not, what it does not require, and how humans understand information. Do you have any other videos that speak to what it actually is?

[tzmmdcom]

In my opinion: information is the process of transmitting the form from one object into another.

[rationalwarrior]

This is an excellent video! The word information is misused often.

[SirWinstonChurchill]

@h8uall66

The evolution of any mammal requires heterosexual relationships.

Religious faggots will never admit it.

[SirWinstonChurchill]

@EricZombie

Religious faggots will never admit that the evolution of mammals can only occur with heterosexual relationships.

[AcanLord]

excellent video friend.

[WineisyourFriend]

I'm glad you did this one. People misuse the term "information" as often, if not more, as the word "theory". English is a laborious language, and it's very easy to get lost in terminology.

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[zombiesmasher]

Brilliant Video!!!

[h8uall66]

Nice! I often get into this with creationists, especially regarding DNA. They call DNA information, I call it a molecule. They will argue that only intelligence can create information. I will ask "Can a mutation add a base pair to a genome?" They say "Yes." I say, "can a mutation add three base pairs to a genome?" They say "yes." I say, "well since you only need three base pairs to make a protein, can a mutation create a new protein?" They say, "No, that would require intelligence." FACEPALM!