Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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To the extent that steps f and g involve “selection” process, these steps

can be assigned Shannon information (to be denoted by ISh) whose amount

can be calculated, with some simplifying assumptions, using the formula,

ISh = log 2 (N/n), where N and n are the numbers of the possible choices

available and the actual choices selected, respectively [38]. The meaning

of the message is determined by the combined effect of the triad of steps f,

g, and h.

Just as the ur­category provide a useful visual tool to distinguish

between “interactions” and “communications”, so it may help us distin­

guish between meaningful and meaningless information. According to the

constructor theory of information (CTI) [36], any desired transformation

in physical systems requires “information” encoded in the constructor

Table 2.1 The ITR as a universal principle [33] of physics (see layer 6), biology (layers 4

and 5), cybernetics (layers 5 and 6), and semiotics (layer 2).

f g

1: Source MessageReceiver

2: (Object)(Representamen) (Interpretant)

3: {Input} {Constructor} {Output}

4: <Evolution> <Genotypes><Phenotypes>

5: |Nucleic acids| |Proteins| |Chemical Reactions|

6: <|Mass|> <|Spacetime|> <|Motion|>

h

(1) f = encoding; g = decoding; h = grounding/correspondence

(2) f = sign production; g = sign interpretation; h = correspondence

(3) f = initial state of substrates; g = information-caused transformer of

substrate; h = construction

(4) f = phylogenesis; g = ontogenesis; h = genetic inheritance

(5) f = transcription/translation; g = enzyme catalysis; h = genetic information

flow

(6) f = matter tells spacetime how to curve; g = curved spacetime tells

matter how to move [35]; h = gravitation or action at a distance

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