INFORMATION DYNAMICS
Charles François (2004). INFORMATION DYNAMICS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1662.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1662 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
P.S. HENSHAW, after observing that: “Self-organizing systems are energy-information input-processor-output units, living or non-living, that are adaptive, purposive and discretionary”, thus describes the basic features of information dynamics:
- “1. Information seeks consistency … in systems that have capacities for memory, assimilation, integration, and selective energy distribution, including switching, channeling and gating.
- “2. Information interacting with information is generative…
- “3. …Accepting that information seeks consistency, it follows that consonance is a goal of information processing.
- “4. Dissonance irritates, motivates, activates. It can lead toward consonance, or toward greater dissonance, involving antagonisms, aggression, chaos and destruction.
- “5. Curiosity — the desire to know — is inherent in assimilation. Because information seeks consistency, mentation involves a continuous search for new information.
- “6. The human mind… is inventive. It will create — even fabricate - images, explanations and concepts…” (1981, p.16).
HENSHAW also states that: “Information, like energy, exerts an influence” (p.17). However, while interesting, these ideas are somehow giving to “information” the character of a human actor.