# Gpuccio: Functional Information Methodology

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549>\
**Category:** Conversation\
**Tags:** Science, Design\
**Created:** [August 25, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549 "2019-08-25T01:33:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549/206 "2019-09-01T01:30:30Z")

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Target space in both cases: 1

Search space in both cases: 2^100

FI in both cases: 100

@glipsnort, did I get it right?

@gpuccio thinks this is wrong _because_ the wait times are different, and nothing else. Of course that is precisely the assumption we are testing with this example. 2^FI is not wait time.

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**Author:** ![glipsnort](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/glipsnort/32/1541_2.png) [@glipsnort](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/glipsnort)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549/207 "2019-09-01T01:35:46Z")

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> [@swamidass](#):
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> Target space in both cases: 1
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> Search space in both cases: 2^100
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> FI in both cases: 100
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> @glipsnort, did I get it right?

Well, that’s my answer too, but I’d like to see @gpuccio’s answer.

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549/208 "2019-09-01T02:35:29Z")

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> [@gpuccio](#):
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> Regarding the EVD, I am not convinced. However, if you think that such an analysis is better than the one performed by the binomial distribution, which seems to me the natural model for bynary outcomes of success and failure, why don’t you try to make some analysis of that type, and let’s see the results? I am ready to consider them.

We have been doing it here: [Information is Additive but Evolutionary Wait Time is Not - #2 by swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/information-is-additive-but-evolutionary-wait-time-is-not/7636/2). Come join the fun!

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gpuccio-functional-information-methodology/7549/209 "2019-09-01T23:00:00Z")

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