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[[Substrate]]: (''[[noun|n]]''): An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment. | [[Substrate]]: (''[[noun|n]]''): An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment. | ||
Once upon a time the distinction between [[information]] and the [[substrate]] on which that information was conveyed was not apparent. The information in a letter, book, or newspaper was indistinguishable from the paper on which it was printed. | Once upon a time the distinction between [[information]] and the [[substrate]] on which that information was conveyed was not apparent. The information in a letter, book, or newspaper was indistinguishable from the [[tangible]] paper on which it was printed. | ||
But ''now''. | But ''now''. | ||
(Sub-thread: is physically printed material “[[tangible]]” information? Or just a [[tangible]] ''substrate'' in which information is embedded?) | |||
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The medium, not the message.
Substrate: (n): An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.
Once upon a time the distinction between information and the substrate on which that information was conveyed was not apparent. The information in a letter, book, or newspaper was indistinguishable from the tangible paper on which it was printed.
But now.
(Sub-thread: is physically printed material “tangible” information? Or just a tangible substrate in which information is embedded?)