Intrinsic information comment on october 26 2016

Brief comment on the concept of intrinsic information.

We can observe two types of intrinsic information:

one is within an explicit or an implicit pattern within the structure of the pattern.   This may imply or transmit a multitude of meaning depending on the eye of the beholder, the algorithms or context upon which the signal , or pattern, is present and its internal structure, which is observable or derivable.  But this first kind depends on richness of structure, there must be some structure that contains the information, and this structure can either be observed or derived from the pattern.

Another kind of intrinsic information, which may be called symbolic intrinsic information, black box information, can occur from a single, in some cases, virtually structure-less or minimal structure signal, which may be indistinguishable from similar signals used to transmit arbitrary information.   The structure of that which is represented or how the signal was obtain can be considered hidden and might not be easily derivable at least solely from the signal without context.

The content or intrinsic information of a symbolic nature, is one that emerges as a result of causal relations or correlations.    The signal might have correlation with an event, signal, pattern of arbitrary complexity.    Though possibly simple in nature, due to its correlation or causal relation that may result from hidden internal computational structure able to perform say complex pattern recognition, this black box element may transmit a clear signal indicating say the present, timing or other characteristic of an arbitrary complexity element.   By virtue of its causal relation or correlation with something else, it is a symbol and it represents something, the spatio-temporal correlation with something(be it a pattern or reality), grounds the symbol.