Cell Language 197“6x9” b2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Mattermolecular biology. Most contemporary researchers believe that the sole
role of DNA is to carry genetic information in the form of nucleotide
sequences and hence that a complete sequencing of the genome of an
organism will suffice to elucidate the meaning and the function of the
DNA text of that organism. In contrast, a small but growing minority of
molecular biologists entertain the notion that sequence information alone
may not be sufficient, and the dynamics (and hence the energy) of DNA
and associated proteins must be taken into account to completely under-
stand how DNA works [65, 79, 80]. Even to some of the latter group of
molecular biologists, the idea that DNA may carry both genetic informa-
tion and mechanical energy as an inseparably fused entity (referred to as
gnergons or conformons [7, 24, 65]) may seem alien. To support the
latter possibility, we can compare the Egyptian hieroglyphic text decoded
by Champollion and the DNA viewed as a molecular text as shown in
Figure 4.7.
The contents of Table 4.11 reveal some unexpected connections:(1) The human brain may be analogous to the Rosetta Stone in carrying
both the known text (written in human language) and the unknown text
(written in cell language). Cell language is expressed in molecules such
as DNA, proteins, and RNA, whereas human language is expressed in
terms of neuronal circuitry and its firing patterns encoding macroscopic
symbols such as written letters, words, and sentences.
(2) DNA embodies cell language just as hieroglyphs embodied the Old
Egyptian language.Table 4.11 A comparison between Egyptian hieroglyphs and DNA texts.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs DNA Molecular Text- Embodied in Rosetta Stone Human brain
- Known glyphs Greek and demotic Human language
- Unknown glyphs Old Egyptian Cell language
- Semantic connection Decree of Memphis Isomorphism between cell and human
language - Key to decoding “Logophonogram” Conformons
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