Social organization and cognitive
function are both driven by dynamic interactions within and between complex
networks of particular importance is the manner in which information is shuttled
back and forth between such nonphysical networks and whether there exist a general principle that guides the flow of information, in the same way that
energy flow determines forces in physical networks. Such a principle has been
identified and is discussed herein. One consequence of the existence of this
principle is a new kind of force; a force based on the relative complexity of
the interacting networks. This information force reduces to the entropic force
in physical networks.Thursday, 12 January 2017
Information Forces
Social organization and cognitive
function are both driven by dynamic interactions within and between complex
networks of particular importance is the manner in which information is shuttled
back and forth between such nonphysical networks and whether there exist a general principle that guides the flow of information, in the same way that
energy flow determines forces in physical networks. Such a principle has been
identified and is discussed herein. One consequence of the existence of this
principle is a new kind of force; a force based on the relative complexity of
the interacting networks. This information force reduces to the entropic force
in physical networks.