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Information in Myth of Science and Creation
Francis T. S. Yu
Abstract
Since every substance has a price tag of information that includes all the building blocks in our universe, one cannot simply ignore information when dealing with science. We have shown that there is a profound connection between information and entropy, a quantity that has been well accepted in science. Without this connection, information would be more difficult to apply in science. Two of the most important pillars in modern physics must be Einstein’s relativity theory and Schrödinger’s quantum mechanics. However, there exists a profound connection between them, by means of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Due to the uncertainty relation, we see that every bit of information takes time and energy to transfer, create, and observe. Since one cannot create something from nothing, anything to be created needs a huge amount of energy and a great deal of entropy to make it happen.