Cell Language 177“6x9” b2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter(ii) macro-communication is primary and micro-communication is
derived from it, and
(iii) both forms of communication are different manifestations (includ-
ing the difference in the time of emergence) of a third form of com-
munication here referred to as the holo-communication and
identified with the communication postulated to operate throughout
the universe obeying the laws of physics including quantum
mechanics [25, pp. 43–50].My current view favors the third choice. It is hoped that the argument
presented throughout this book will justify this position.4.1.2 The Universality of Double Articulations
It was found in 1997 [19] that, out of the 13 design features [239] of
human language (or humanese for brevity [21]), 10 were found to have
molecular counterparts in cell language (or cellese) [21]. One of these
common design features is “double articulation”, the first articulation
being defined as the formation of sentences from words, and the second
articulation as the formation of words from letters (Section 4.2.1). It
appears that the concept of double articulation of linguistics [239] can be
applied not only to semiotics, the study of signs, but also to cell biology,
and particle physics (Table 4.2).
What is common to the three languages in Table 4.2 is the concept of
double articulation symbolized by the two vertical arrows in each col-
umn. In addition, there may be another common feature among these
three languages in that they are parts of an ITR (discussed in Chapter 9
in detail) which is diagrammatically represented in the last row of
Table 4.2. If this diagram is right, it would support the recent remark by
Josephson [238] thatSemiotics will eventually overtake quantum mechanics in the same
way as quantum mechanics overtook classical physics. (4.8)In view of its potential significance, I am here suggesting that
Statement (4.8) be referred to as the “Josephson conjecture”.b2861_Ch-04.indd 177 17-10-2017 11:58:51 AM