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To: tacticalogic
Without a mind to organize and analyze it, it's just data.

No, it doesn't exist, because datum(data) is(are) an() abstraction(s). Where does a kilogram come from? Or the color red? Or 98.6 degrees fahrenheit?

21 posted on 03/24/2011 4:01:01 AM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
No, it doesn't exist, because datum(data) is(are) an() abstraction(s). Where does a kilogram come from? Or the color red? Or 98.6 degrees fahrenheit?

Then "information" is no less an abstraction. KG, red, and degrees farenheight are labels used to quantify observations. The mass of an object, the wavelength of light it reflects, or it's thermal radiation are still there, whether they were observed, measured, and labeled or not.

22 posted on 03/24/2011 4:13:02 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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