X-Message-Number: 21332 Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:14:45 +0100 From: Henri Kluytmans <> Subject: Description equivalent to original Robert Ettinger wrote : >In trite but simple words--the map is not the territory. >Be it as detailed as you like, and updated as often as you like, >it is still not the territory. Except when it concerns information. An exact copy of a piece of symbolic information is the same as the original. For example, if I make a copy of some program on my PC, then that copy is exactly identical to the original. An exact copy of a story is the same as the original story. For information an exact description is equivalent to the original. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21332