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“…I don't demand that a theory correspond to reality because I don't know what it is. Reality is not a quality you can test with litmus paper. All I'm concerned with is that the theory should predict the results of measurements….” -- Stephen Hawking...

Not sure if this is relevant here, and at the risk of adding noise to the discussion (pardon the pun), there is a distinction to be made between standard information (of the type defined by Claude Shannon, of the genre of Boltzmann's "negentropy" in physical terms), and algorithmic information...

Occasionally guidance, and on rare occasion on a specific topic of personal interest, possibly help.

I'm entering teaching at this stage of my career (I have a clear credential in career technical Education--but subbing at the moment as many). I had about a 35-year career in industry with positions of Sr. Scientist/Engineer in research, development, and a bit of production in such places as...