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Proliferon
The
previous experiment concludes the first part of the present
study. We have arrived at the elementary unit of our WOB computer and
name it Proliferon . It
consists of one stem process and a set of transitory processes:
1. Stem process: Controls transitory processes. Its max
age is unbounded and it may live indefinitely. It does not differentiate.
2. Transitory process:
Interacts with other processes, and differentiates. Its max age is bounded,
and its life short.
3. Control: Processes
exchange age.
The proliferon starts as a zygote which evolves into an isolated
non interacting stem process, which accumulates age. At a certain age it matures to create transitory processes, which differentiate
and interact with other proliferons
At each instant of its life, proliferon occupies an attractor and maintains
homeorhesis. It may stay there or proceed to another
attractor. Proliferon configuration at each instant is a solution
. Proliferon evolves from a solution to the subsequent one. Transient processes may come and go, yet
when stem process dies, the proliferon disappears.
The graphs depict the
history of a three process proliferon constructed from one dimensional
CA. (Compare wit previous experiment. Peaks
are differentiation events, and troughs mark zygote formation, The system
evolves from solution to solution.
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"The living organism and the body social are not assemblies
of elementary bits; they are multi- leveled, hierarchically organized systems
of sub-wholes containing sub-wholes of a lower order, like Chinese boxes.
These sub-wholes - or "holons", as I have proposed to call them
- are Janus-faced entities which display both the independent properties
of wholes and the dependent properties of parts." Arthur Koestler
(http://fusionanomaly.net/arthurkoestler.html)
"The members of a hierarchy, like the Roman god Janus,
all have two faces looking in opposite directions: the face turned toward
the subordinate levels is that of a self-contained whole; the face turned
upward toward the apex, that of a dependent part"
Arthur Koestler.
Laws derived from observation in a sub ordinate Holon cannot be extrapolated as such upward. In other words the Holon
context facing downward differs from that facing upward. The proliferon consists of two Holon levels.
1. The one dimensional CA whose behavior is determined by its rule,
and 2. Proliferon level, whose
behavior is determined by its rule and age transfer.
It is impossible to deduce the behavior of a proliferon from the
behavior of the processes which operate in it, and vice versa.
The organism may be structured into the following Holons:
organism -> organ -> tissue -> cell.
Facing the higher hierarchies each Holon is viewed as an atom. For instance, when viewed from the higher hierarchy,
the cell-atom appears as indivisible unit, yet from the viewpoint of the
hierarchy below it encompasses the universe of sub-cellular organelles.
Life is an infinite Holon sequence We still lack means to study many low level holons. The smallest holons are
regarded therefore as atoms,
like the genetic code. Yet genes are also holons! The failure to realize this, leads to many biological
fallacies.
The above arguments apply also to Physics, and particularly
to Quantum Physics. Elementary particles which permeate the quantum universe
are holons. Already yesterday's atom consists of several holons, and
more will be discovered with new
gigantic accelerators. The terms 'atom', 'elementary particle', or
'gene' are arbitrary constructs which serve
for understanding the 'Thing in itself'. Since delving into Philosophy,
we ought to distinguish between ontological and epistemological arguments. Ontologically the 'Thing in itself' might be a Holon. . Epistemologically it certainly is a Holon, otherwise
we would not be able to understand Nature. Only we structure our universe
into holons. Even the theory of everything is no more than a holon.
WOB computer is a Holon and Proliferon is its byte..
Computation is an interaction between CA-proliferons.
Setup
nca=3; zygote -> effect[no 1000]; go[17]; go109]; restoreparams; effect[2, nowdat[[1, 7]],
0]; donate[2, 1]; donate[2,
3]; donate[2, 3]; go
[100]; restoreparams; effect[2, nowdat[[1, 7]], 0]; donate[2, 1]; donate[2, 3]; donate[2, 3]; injury[ 1,
40, 40, f[[1,1]], 10, 0]; go
[200];