The World as Evolving Information

This paper discusses the benefits of describing the world as information, especially in the study of the evolution of life and cognition. Traditional studies encounter problems because it is difficult to describe life and cognition in terms of matter and energy, since their laws are valid only at the physical scale. However, if matter and energy, as well as life and cognition, are described in terms of information, evolution can be described consistently as information becoming more complex. The paper presents five tentative laws of information, valid at multiple scales, which are generalizations of Darwinian, cybernetic, thermodynamic, and complexity principles. These are further used to discuss the notions of life and cognition and their evolution

2016 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology : One-Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Commencement

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Volume 14 - Issue 24 - Friday, May 11, 1979

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Volume 14 - Issue 18 - Friday, March 23, 1979

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Research options and imperatives in computerized conferencing

This is the report resulting from a computerized conferencing workshop held on the subject of potential research opportunities and requirements in the area of utilizing a computer to aid human communications. It was sponsored by the Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences of the National Science Foundation (grant # MCS76-80514). The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect NSF views or policy. The workshop utilized the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

Magma chamber detected beneath an arc volcano with high-resolution velocity images

Arc volcanoes are underlain by complex systems of molten-rock reservoirs ranging from melt-poor mush zones to melt-rich magma chambers. Petrological and satellite data indicate that eruptible magma chambers form in the topmost few kilometres of the crust. However, very few chambers have ever been definitively located, suggesting that most are too short-lived or too small to be imaged, which has direct implications for hazard assessment and modelling of magma differentiation. Here we use a high-resolution technology based on inverting full seismic waveforms to image a small, high-melt-fraction magma chamber that was not detected with standard seismic tomography. The melt reservoir extends from ~2 to at least 4 km below sea level (b.s.l.) at Kolumbo – a submarine volcano near Santorini, Greece. The chamber coincides with the termination point of the recent earthquake swarms and may be a missing link between a deeper melt reservoir and the high-temperature hydrothermal system venting at the crater floor. The chamber poses a serious hazard as it could produce a highly explosive, tsunamigenic eruption in the near future. Our results suggest that similar reservoirs (relatively small but high melt-fraction) may have gone undetected at other active volcanoes, challenging the existing eruption forecasts and reactive-flow models of magma differentiation

The Echo: November 12, 2004

Echo In-Depth: Students’ need not being met by financial aid – Stott preaches Simeon sermons – Students add a splash of color to downtown – Upland prairie burning held early this year – Concert held to raise money for Peru-held U.S. prisoner – Ayres gets ready to serve new purpose, again – Dodgeball, a true TU intramural story – Princeton Review to provide survey of Taylor – Chorale sings praises at the Praise Gathering in Indy – A different kind of vision – Russel learns the call of the wild – Eye on Alumni: Jurgensens bring God’s love to Russian orphans – Letter to the Editor: Bush fans responsible to keep the president accountable – Letter to the Editor: Bike ‘borrowing’ is stealing – Does ‘W’ spell w-i-n for evangelicals? – Overlooked and unappreciated – Chick flicks take women out of reality, and leave them there – Letters to the Editor – Journey from Guevera’s diary recounted in new film – Cool Hand Look shares spirited, refreshing message on fall tour – Paying tribute to 80s post-punk pioneers – Senior Art Exhibition – Music Events – Lady Trojans down Foresters, move to semis – Deeper on the inside – Trojans get first win – 2004-05 Schedulehttps://pillars.taylor.edu/echo-2004-2005/1010/thumbnail.jp