TY - JOUR
T1 - Global logic resulting from disequilibration process
AU - Gunji, Yukio Pegio
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Describing a system in which internal detection or observation proceeds at a finite velocity is always destined to end up with a form of self-contradiction. For any formal language, for such a description, we must assume that the velocity of observation propagation or VOP be infinity. In the present paper, we propose a self-referential scheme intended for formally describing a system exhibiting the process of disequilibration propagating at a finite VOP, and find that a global logic can emerge from local disequilibration. Conservative cellular automata of Margolus type, for instance, enable disequilibration to be replaced by such a process that the number of particles is not conserved globally while appearing to be conserved by local observers. One cannot determine local rules universally. Nevertheless, global logic emerges as a result of the dynamics of a one-to-many type mapping. This is a fundamental aspect of natural languages or communication relevant to natural life and intelligence.
AB - Describing a system in which internal detection or observation proceeds at a finite velocity is always destined to end up with a form of self-contradiction. For any formal language, for such a description, we must assume that the velocity of observation propagation or VOP be infinity. In the present paper, we propose a self-referential scheme intended for formally describing a system exhibiting the process of disequilibration propagating at a finite VOP, and find that a global logic can emerge from local disequilibration. Conservative cellular automata of Margolus type, for instance, enable disequilibration to be replaced by such a process that the number of particles is not conserved globally while appearing to be conserved by local observers. One cannot determine local rules universally. Nevertheless, global logic emerges as a result of the dynamics of a one-to-many type mapping. This is a fundamental aspect of natural languages or communication relevant to natural life and intelligence.
KW - Biological computation
KW - Cellular automata
KW - Disequilibration
KW - Measurement
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U2 - 10.1016/0303-2647(94)01480-U
DO - 10.1016/0303-2647(94)01480-U
M3 - Article
C2 - 7772722
AN - SCOPUS:0028941948
VL - 35
SP - 33
EP - 62
JO - Currents in modern biology
JF - Currents in modern biology
SN - 0303-2647
IS - 1
ER -