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which are mirror images of each other” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Symmetry). The reflection symmetry is in turn composed of two comple-

mentary pairs (nature–form and body–mind pairs) and two supplemen-

tary pairs energy–matter and information–knowledge pairs). Thus, the

network in Figure 10.32 can be said to embody both symmetry when

viewed in terms of the organized system of arrows and “broken symme-

try” or “antisymmetry” as defined in [464, p. 23] when viewed in terms

of the names of the nodes. Figure 10.32 is asymmetric as a whole with

symmetric and antisymmetric aspects [464, p. 26]. Figure 10.32 is also a

diagrammatic representation of the TOE proposed in [25, pp. 633–42]

that seems consistent with the theories of everything proposed by Popper

[465], Rosen [466], Penrose [467], and Burgin [37]. TOE depicted in

Figure 10.32 is an attempt to correlate and integrate the following three

hybrid concepts, i.e., mattergy, gnergy, and infoknowledge, using cate-

gory theory [370–371]. The first two terms appeared in [7, pp. 234–237;

25, pp. 636–638] and the last term, infoknowledge, was coined more

recently motivated by Burgin’s suggestion [37] that

Information is related to structures as energy is related to matter (10.62)

wherein, structure includes knowledge and data, according to Burgin.

To facilitate future discussions, I suggest that Statement (10.62) be

referred to as the Burgin doctrine. Since the combination of energy and

matter is widely referred to as mattergy, the Burgin doctrine suggests an

analogous hybrid term combining information and knowledge, which is

referred to as infoknowledge [25, p. 636].

It is instructive to compare Figure 10.32 with the gnergy tetrahedron

(Figure 10.15). Body-centered Tetrahedron (BCT) utilized in these figures

was found to provide a useful topological template to organize the various

sets of related ideas and principles discussed in many fields of inquiries

[25, Table 10.5], including physics, biology, and philosophy.

Both Figure 10.32 and the Gnergy Tetrahedron (Figure 10.15) contain

four nodes, three of which are common (energy, matter, and information)

and one is unique to each diagram, i.e., knowledge for Figure 10.32 and

life for the gnergy tetrahedron. Thus, there is a lack of congruency between

these two diagrams, which is somewhat surprising, since both diagrams

are rooted in the same two symmetry principles, i.e., complementarity and

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