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Area of Science:

  • Life Sciences
  • Bioinformatics
  • Scientific Communication

Background:

  • The concept of information is widely used but criticized in life sciences.
  • Current uses beyond Shannon's theory are often deemed metaphorical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To computationally assess if Shannon's information theory adequately describes scientific information use.
  • To explore the quantitative aspects of semantic sequences in scientific practice.

Main Methods:

  • A computational experiment was designed to analyze semantic sequences.
  • The complexity of meaningful and meaningless sequences was compared.

Main Results:

  • Semantic sequences lack unique complexity values compared to meaningless ones.
  • Quantitative frameworks, including Shannon's information, do not fully explain biological information.

Conclusions:

  • A restructuring of the concept of information into two independent notions is proposed.
  • A comprehensive theory of biological information must integrate these notions and their relationship.