David Deutsch gives definitions of knowledge and information that I like. Knowledge is a kind of information. Here’s my gloss on his definition of information. Knowledge is a kind of information that the environment tends to cause to persist. It can be used to achieve physical transformations. It is necessary to achieve most physical transformations that are possible. The overwhelming number of things that are possible require knowledge.
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David Deutsch gives definitions of knowledge and information that I like. Knowledge is a kind of information. Here’s my gloss on his definition of information. Knowledge is a kind of information that the environment tends to cause to persist. It can be used to achieve physical transformations. It is necessary to achieve most physical transformations that are possible. The overwhelming number of things that are possible require knowledge.