shannon theory isn’t about the ‘origin of info’- it’s about the communication of informaiton- you can’t have informaiton without the comunication- info isn’t info until it’s communicated- the rise of info would have to include a way to comminicate that info- otherwise a species could not thrive or survive- Shannon theory is absolutely relevent to the discussion of biological systems
To clarify, I agree that it is relevant 'to the discussion of biological systems'. It is just not helpful to explaining the origin of genomic information (that is, information that exists within the context of an independently existing linguistic code.) That's not to say there aren't interested aspects of gene info transmission upon which Shannon's work has bearing. Meyer's article, like my comments, was focused on the question of mechanisms for the origin of genetic information.