God, The Universe AND Information

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About: God, The Universe, Mankind, and Information.
By Zim Olson

(Seen thru a proposed dialogue)

I am not sure where Information fits into this whole story, but it does. Where would G-d be without information anyway. How would he be able to write and count and number the Ten Commandments without Information. We ALL know of course that without Information in the Universe there would be no Computers, Science, Arts or Literature, ETC. Then, where would Information be without Man kind. Good Question, huh!

Let us take a look at a tri louge between Mankind, the Universe and God and see if there is an answer for us. Or even such a thing as an Answer:

One ___________X, the God, Universe and Mankind were , well, coexisting. And as far as Information was concerned....Not even the word definition was very clear. Mankind, noticing the quiet, decided to say something about the subject. He/Her grunted or something: Ugh = mc2!!! Or Something like that.

G-d and The Universe either responded or non responded thus the first trialogue was off to a good start. Well at least a start. Mankind continued , talking either to God, The Universe or maybe it was just to him/her self. The responses were rather Questionable, Mankind continued the TriLogue. This is when the Rhetorical point must have been invented. Or the Hypothesis.

Mankind noticed as the conversation progressed or at least continued that some things appeared to respond and some did not. But, His-Her seemed to respond. Thus Correlation was born. But Mankind was not so sure about the response of God and The Universe. Some times there was a response and some times it seemed not. Maybe this was where chaos and probability came from. This seriously puzzled Mankind. Was he/her being ignored or not understood. This is where mankind first started seeking Truth.

The first form of Truth was if something responded to an expression of some sort. If there was no response to an expression the expression was thought to be somehow invalid. During this evolution of the concept of Information , Cause and effect was formed. The basis of most of Scientific endeavor today.

At some time Menkind started to seek all the possible and/or important information of God, The Universe and His/Her selves. It is not clear what the rationale for this endeavor was. Quantitative Information seemed somehow relevant. Qualitative information was of course of interest but was thought to be self evident or relatively more so.

So at this point the common basis for information for God, The Universe and Mankind was in process. And also, so goes the trialogue ...We, or some talk to God and some say he talks back. The basis of Information of God is still as always unclear, however. Today if one tries to talk to the Universe, mankind as a rule looks down on this. This is usually left up to the Scientists who study cause and effect but no longer by simply grunting. Most today feel the only real basis of information is among menkind. But this is a questionable proposition. As menkind cannot establish what is information and/or misinformation. BUT the process continues nonetheless. Evolutionary or maybe just a process that nobody knows where it is going...Menkind, The Universe and maybe even God.

So what do you say about a process that is perhaps impossible to know where it is going. It is not necessarily improving or being more fit or more intelligent or more or quantitatively anything in particular. Maybe it is like sailing with the wind. It is only marginally helpful to analyze the wind you just use it as well as you can and see where it will take you. Axiomatic analysis of the wind is not so useful, either.

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