skepticalbip
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There are entirely too many broad and vague generalizations that amount to no information in this spiel. I can only guess at what you are trying to say.
"brought about by the transduction and faithful transport of frequency information independently up the several neural channels to the cortex." Just WOW, Is this supposed to mean that the cones, each connected to a neuron in the brain through a nerve fiber in the optic nerve, fires when stimulated by a photon so sends a bioelectric signal along the nerve fiber to fire the neuron? Or do you mean something entirely different?
I won't try to figure out what the rest of this spiel is supposed to mean until you can be a bit clearer. Answering the above questions may shed a little light on what you mean in the rest of your post.
Exactly what 'information' other than frequency and energy level? By 'encoded are you suggesting something like morse code or do you mean a photodetector being switched on? By 'transduced' do you mean something other than the reception of a photon switching on the photoreceptor, or if not, transduced from what to what? 'transmitted' in what form and to where?First I was saying that frequency of light was the information being encoded, transduced, and transmitted.
'Blue, green, and red channels in the brain", WTF? Do you mean that there are neurons in the brain that are connected to specific nerve fibers in the optic nerve that originate at specific photoreceptors in the retina, or do you mean something entirely different?Now there is a near blue channel, green channel, and a red and/or yellow channel in the brain brought about by the transduction and faithful transport of frequency information independently up the several neural channels to the cortex.
"brought about by the transduction and faithful transport of frequency information independently up the several neural channels to the cortex." Just WOW, Is this supposed to mean that the cones, each connected to a neuron in the brain through a nerve fiber in the optic nerve, fires when stimulated by a photon so sends a bioelectric signal along the nerve fiber to fire the neuron? Or do you mean something entirely different?
I won't try to figure out what the rest of this spiel is supposed to mean until you can be a bit clearer. Answering the above questions may shed a little light on what you mean in the rest of your post.
As for light it is information. Simply by there the existence of light and absence of light information is available. Considering energy aspect light includes the previous and others like warmth and coolness of light. That pairing works for reflected light as well. Information is inherent in most anything.
There need not be light energy ongoing to provide light information. If a channel, like a neural pathway that periodically passes light information is not presently passing information (active) information about that frequency(s) of light is being passed via those channels.
As for energy = information yes you would.
Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory
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