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Re: Can Information Have Physical Units?

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From: John C. Baez
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 17:12
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In article <1992Oct6.042539.9893@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tekman@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Erkan Tekman) writes:

>information is indeed unitless, one has for the hamiltonian
>
>     H = H_o + h I
>
>      [etc.]
>
>i just copied these from J. D. Brasher, Int. J. Theor. Phys. vol 30, 979
>(1991), by the way ;-)

I would take anything read in this journal with a large grain of salt;
it is famous for highly speculative (and often dubious) stuff.  It is
the place where my second cousin published his refutation of special
relativity.  I have never seen a Hamiltonian that contained an
"information" term; it might be interesting to consider, but if you want
to get an idea of how ordinary physicists think this article is probably
the wrong place.
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