Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

98 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter

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In contrast to the structures listed in Table 3.6, it may be necessary to

recognize another set of structures operating in living cells, i.e., the three

kinds of waves described in Table 3.7. These waves may play as important

roles in living cells as the particles listed in Table 3.6, if the postulate (to

be described in Chapter 8) is right that the principle of wave–particle dual-

ity applies to living processes at all levels of organization from enzymes

to cells to brains.

Table 3.6 Three classes of molecular structures underlying cell functions.

Structures

Covalent Non-covalent Dissipative

1. Alternative name Configurations Conformations Hyperstructures [69]
   Modules [190]
   SOWAWN machines
   (Section 2.6)


2. Bond strength (kcal/
   mol)

50–100 1–5 ~ 0

3. Degree of constraints Strong Weak None


4. Structure/properties Intrinsic to individuals
   or nodes

Intrinsic to interactions

or edges

Intrinsic to both

nodes and edges

5. Role in cell language Second articulation First articulation Third articulation


6. Human language
   analog

Words Sentences Texts

7. Linguistic/semiotic
   function

Representation

denotation

Judgment decision Logical processes

computing

Table 3.7 Three kinds of waves in the living cell.

Wave s Electromagnetic Mechanical Chemical Concentration

Wave

carriers

Photons Phonons (abiotic media),

conformons (in biopolymers)

“Chemons”a (e.g., Ca^2 +

waves in the cytosol)

Wave

media

Space Abiotic matter or biopolymers Water

aA new word coined to indicate “chemical waves” or “chemowaves”.

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