I’m mostly referring to the way of thinking where you can think of things in terms of computations. Without this, you might have weird ideas about what the mind can do with information, what can constitute a successful map/territory relationship, etc. Sorry, I’m not being very specific here; I just think there are a ton of philosophical errors which boil down to not understanding computation.
Granted, most of the important points are probably already “in the air” from computers playing such a central role in life and society today. People probably don’t need formal information theory to have good intuitions about what information is, today, compared to in the past. But it probably still helps!
I’m mostly referring to the way of thinking where you can think of things in terms of computations. Without this, you might have weird ideas about what the mind can do with information, what can constitute a successful map/territory relationship, etc. Sorry, I’m not being very specific here; I just think there are a ton of philosophical errors which boil down to not understanding computation.
Granted, most of the important points are probably already “in the air” from computers playing such a central role in life and society today. People probably don’t need formal information theory to have good intuitions about what information is, today, compared to in the past. But it probably still helps!