Evolution by BITs and Pieces: An Introduction to Fractal Evolution
Bruce H. Lipton, PhD
Stanford University’s School of Medicine
Stanford University’s School of Medicine
"The membrane boundary enveloping each biological cell comprises the structural basis of a biological processor system (see article: Cellular Consciousness). As a processor, the cell’s membrane receptors scan the environment for signals.
The cell’s ability to selectively filter useful information out of “chaotic” noise resembles the function of Fourier transformations [mathematical filtering processes which find signals within what appears to be noise] on complex inputs to perceive specific frequencies as informational signals.
While the environment is in a sense “chaotic,” with hundreds and thousands of simultaneously-expressed “signals,” the cell can selectively read only those signals that are relevant to its existence."
Based upon the functional and structural features of the cell membrane, each single cell (e.g., amoeba) represents a self-powered microcomputer system. As in digital computers, the power or information handling capacity of the “cellular” computer is determined by the number of its BITs it can manage.
The IMP molecules comprising the cell’s BITs have defined physical parameters and therefore can be “measured.” The dimension of the IMP proteins is approximately the same as the thickness of the membrane. Since the IMPs, by definition, reside within the membrane’s bilayer, the proteins can only be arranged as a monolayer (meaning theIMPs can not be stacked upon one another).
Consequently the computing power of a cell is physically determined by limitations imposed on cellular dimensions. The inability to expand its membrane (i.e., surface area) limits the bacterium’s ability to acquire new perceptions (awareness).
Bacterial communities evolved a means to increase their survival by deploying an polysaccharide extracellular matrix to envelope all of the cells in the community and “protect” them from the ravages of the wild environment.
In computers, the “power” of the machine is measured in BIT handling capacities. In biological organisms, the “awareness” potential is reflected in the number and variety of integrated IMP complexes.Since the quantity ofIMPs is directly linked to “surface area,” awareness becomes a factor of shared membrane surfaces in the multicellular organisms.
Since the quantity of IMPs is directly linked to “surface area,” awareness becomes a factor of shared membrane surfaces in the multicellular organisms. It is proposed that similar to unicellular protozoans, human beings represent another evolutionary endpoint, the highest level of development for a multicellular biological structure.
Humans, as receptors and effectors, assemble and integrate into patterned networks (community) in the Earth’s envelope wherein they receive environmental “signals” and serve as switching mechanisms of the planet’s membrane gates.
A structural characteristic of fractals is relatively simple to understand: fractals exhibit a reiterated pattern of “structures” nested within one another. Each smaller structure is a miniature, but not necessarily an exact version of the larger form.
Therefore, while the structure of humans is a self-similar image of their own cells, the structure of human civilization would represent a self-similar structure of its component humans! Humans are a fractal image of society, cells are a fractal image of the human. In fact, cells are a fractal image of society as well.
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The cell’s ability to selectively filter useful information out of “chaotic” noise resembles the function of Fourier transformations [mathematical filtering processes which find signals within what appears to be noise] on complex inputs to perceive specific frequencies as informational signals.
While the environment is in a sense “chaotic,” with hundreds and thousands of simultaneously-expressed “signals,” the cell can selectively read only those signals that are relevant to its existence."
Based upon the functional and structural features of the cell membrane, each single cell (e.g., amoeba) represents a self-powered microcomputer system. As in digital computers, the power or information handling capacity of the “cellular” computer is determined by the number of its BITs it can manage.
The IMP molecules comprising the cell’s BITs have defined physical parameters and therefore can be “measured.” The dimension of the IMP proteins is approximately the same as the thickness of the membrane. Since the IMPs, by definition, reside within the membrane’s bilayer, the proteins can only be arranged as a monolayer (meaning theIMPs can not be stacked upon one another).
Consequently the computing power of a cell is physically determined by limitations imposed on cellular dimensions. The inability to expand its membrane (i.e., surface area) limits the bacterium’s ability to acquire new perceptions (awareness).
Bacterial communities evolved a means to increase their survival by deploying an polysaccharide extracellular matrix to envelope all of the cells in the community and “protect” them from the ravages of the wild environment.
In computers, the “power” of the machine is measured in BIT handling capacities. In biological organisms, the “awareness” potential is reflected in the number and variety of integrated IMP complexes.Since the quantity ofIMPs is directly linked to “surface area,” awareness becomes a factor of shared membrane surfaces in the multicellular organisms.
Since the quantity of IMPs is directly linked to “surface area,” awareness becomes a factor of shared membrane surfaces in the multicellular organisms. It is proposed that similar to unicellular protozoans, human beings represent another evolutionary endpoint, the highest level of development for a multicellular biological structure.
Humans, as receptors and effectors, assemble and integrate into patterned networks (community) in the Earth’s envelope wherein they receive environmental “signals” and serve as switching mechanisms of the planet’s membrane gates.
A structural characteristic of fractals is relatively simple to understand: fractals exhibit a reiterated pattern of “structures” nested within one another. Each smaller structure is a miniature, but not necessarily an exact version of the larger form.
Therefore, while the structure of humans is a self-similar image of their own cells, the structure of human civilization would represent a self-similar structure of its component humans! Humans are a fractal image of society, cells are a fractal image of the human. In fact, cells are a fractal image of society as well.
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