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... instructions . They do indeed depend on ' specificity ' , as Information Theory emphasized ; but not specificity defined as meaningless ' information ' ( or negentropy ) ; but rather specifi- city which is in the form of instructions ...
... instructions . They do indeed depend on ' specificity ' , as Information Theory emphasized ; but not specificity defined as meaningless ' information ' ( or negentropy ) ; but rather specifi- city which is in the form of instructions ...
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... instructions ( a ) a cell with an even number ( 0 , 2 or 4 ) of black neighbours itself becomes or remains white , ( b ) a cell with an odd number of black neighbours ( 1 or 3 ) becomes or remains black . Then one gets such a surprising ...
... instructions ( a ) a cell with an even number ( 0 , 2 or 4 ) of black neighbours itself becomes or remains white , ( b ) a cell with an odd number of black neighbours ( 1 or 3 ) becomes or remains black . Then one gets such a surprising ...
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... instructions . They are a warning that there are a lot of things in the world to which one cannot apply the Information Theory argument which supposes that if we start with a certain quantity of information , which measures the amount ...
... instructions . They are a warning that there are a lot of things in the world to which one cannot apply the Information Theory argument which supposes that if we start with a certain quantity of information , which measures the amount ...
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