Extreme Physical Information – so far, I kinda like this.

Conceptually, I like this. B. Roy Frieden has a (relatively) simple idea he calls “Extreme Physical Information”.

It’s related to John Wheeler’s statement:

“All things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe… Observer participancy gives rise to information; and information gives rise to physics.”

Frieden starts with:

There is a decisive difference between the experiences of

(a) passively observing a lamp voltage of 120.0 v on a meter and

(b) becoming an active part of the electrical phenomenon by sticking your finger in the lamp socket

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to wrap my brain around it completely, so I hesitate to summarize in case I get it wrong.

But from what I’ve seen, I like it. He’s derived many known equations using his method and what’s nice is that it’s not so much a theory but a process to follow that falls in line with what science does on a regular basis anyway.
https://wp.optics.arizona.edu/rfrieden/fisher-information/section-6/

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