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Big Ideas: Information

Simplifying Complexity

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The Complexity of Compliance

The complexity and sophistication of something can be measured by the number of choices that had to be made to build it./nChoices are a form of information and are necessary for building objects./nIn the context of molecules, choices are physical operations like making bonds./nMolecules are built by using structures that already exist in the universe./nInformation is always related to something physical because it involves making physical choices./nBehavior can also involve making choices and is a result of being a physical system.

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