5 Matter (2) -- Organizing the motions of substances
5 Matter (2) -- Organizing the motions of substances
An internal tendency inherent in energy -- The source of emergence (Important unexpectedly)
Organizing the motions of substances inside organisms, in the formation of crystals, and so on (Important)
Requirements of organizing the motions of substances
It seems that the fact that the motions of the constituent substances are organized is the ultimate key --key that separates the living from the inanimate-- of the spontaneous, independent, and active motions of a living body (living thing).
Moreover, it seems that the most important essence of a living body (living thing) is the fact that the motions of its constituent substances are organized and they can achieve self-organization --they can form a higher physical order / they are a system of autopoiesis--.
《 An internal tendency inherent in energy -- The source of emergence (Important unexpectedly) 》
Generally, by the second law of thermodynamics that entropy increases, physical order collapses naturally and things get random and chaotic.
However, on the other hand, energy, if possible, appears to have a tendency to use itself as a material to form higher physical order inside matter.
All productive events in this universe, including the activities of living things, seem to be fundamentally due to this tendency of energy. It seems that the formation of consciousness and the function of thinking --these are high and dynamic physical order-- are also due to this tendency.
Otherwise, it seems simply impossible that, including exquite crystalline masses and living things, matter evolves into more big and complex matter.
By the way, (it seems that this way of looking doesn't yet seem to be recognized in physiscs and is heretical in a sense, but), for example, it seems that matter is in an existential mode of wave composed of innumerable constituent components during its sole existence. For this reason, the physical quantity (= spatial position) is not determined, and matter's existence is, in a sense, vague. This state can be regarded as a sea of indeterminates of low order.
However, if matter comes into contact with other matter, with the occurrence of interaction, (innumerable constituents of) matter change into a particle-like existential mode in which they concentrate on a single localized point in space, the physical quantity of the matter is determined to be one, and the existence of matter comes definite. This state can be regarded as of higher order.
(By the way, it's possible for a physical interaction to be regarded as a question asking the existence of other party each other. This is because the occurrence of an interaction activates ideological functions inside matter. The existence of matter in a sole existence will be determined caused by asking and grounded on ideological functions. To put it reversely, matter doesn't seem to need to determine its existence without being asked by interactions).
In short, matter has two existential modes in principle and, even in one matter, the degree of its order changes over each other.
And, the changeover seems to be fulfilled directly by (internalactions embodied by) energy that is the true nature of matter.
In other words, energy is endowed with a tendency to make itself change into a state of higher order if possible (by being asked through some physical interaction). This seems to be an essential tendency inherent in energy.
Energy is essentially endowed with a tendency toward emergence that seek to promote itself to a state of higher order --seek to evolve itself-- internally if possible, (contrary to the external work that tends to bring the collapse of physical order at the macroscopic level outside matter).
And, this tendency toward emergence seems to be the fundamental impellent for the occurrence of various substances in this universe --formation and evolution of various substances through nuclear fusion or chemical reactions--.
And the evolution of matter into living things also comes under this evolution. The development and evolution of living things and the emergence of consciousness are also the evolution of matter.
《 Organizing the motions of substances inside organisms, in the formation of crystals, and so on (Important) 》
It is natural for us humans that living things move independently. We feel nothing strange about it.
However, the external, spontaneous, and active motion of living things seems to violate the laws of physics.
First, almost all external motions are realized by muscular movement. And, muscular movement is formed by movements such as contraction and expansion of innumerable cells composing it. Moreover, the contraction and expansion of a cell is brought by the external motions inside the cell, of substances in the cell.
The following events and so on come under the external motions of substances.
a) Rotation
b) Spatial locomotion
c) Chemical reaction
Simply put, external motions of a living thing are ultimately brought by the external motions inside a cell, of innumerable substances in a cell.
Moreover, it's very difficult to explain this, but the motions of substances in a cell are evaluated to be integrate and cooperative. This can also be expressed that the motions of substances in a cell are organized and controlled.
Otherwise, their motions become haphazard and a cell becomes unable to move spontaneously, integratively, actively, and purposively. To begin with, the cell cannot be a cell. (Before that, organisms could never have arisen).
For example, suppose there is a small pond and a single-celled paramecium moves seemingly randomly in it. We humans cannot necessarily gather the purpose, but single-celled organisms do not have the brain. However, the innumerable substances composing the paramecium move necessarily integratively and cooperatively so that the paramecium can move in such a way. Even without a brain, an organism's motions are organized and controlled.
From the point of view of molecular biology and so on, the motions of substances in a cell are too advanced and complicated. For this reason, even if we feel it unconsciously, it is difficult for us to notice such a thing. However that is inevitable.
For this reason, the motions of substances in a cell must inevitably be organized and integrate and cooperative.
And, this is the most significant feature of a cell --living body / life--. In other words, that the motions of innumerable constituent substances are organized and those motions have integrateness and cooperativeness is the essence and the point of life.
And, this is also the point of autopoiesis. A living body (living thing) is also a system of autopoiesis. The formation processes of crystals of various substances are also systems of autopoiesis.
However, matter, (though it is a first person subject internally and operates spontaneously and actively on its own), is a third person object externally. And, matter that is a third person object can never move externally on its own, unless it is involved in some physical interaction passively.
And, living bodies such as microorganisms, cells, tissues, and organs are formed from innumerable substances, but, however highly organized (in a static sence) the substances are in such a single aggregate of substances, it's impossible that the motions of those innumerable substances, which are just third person objects externally, are organized naturally and they have integrateness and cooperativeness.
By the way, a white blood corpuscle and a red blood corpuscle are said to be isolated corpuscles, and their motions also seem to be organized and controlled. It is said that a white blood corpuscle has chromosomes --a genome / an aggregate of DNA--, but a red blood corpuscle doesn't have chromosomes. (It is said that the chromosomes of a red blood corpuscle are removed from a red blood corpuscle to reduce the molume of it after the production of the red blood corpuscle was completed). Neverthelsss, the red blood corpuscle acts integratively. This means that even chromosomes do not have the function to organize and control the motion of the whole cell. (Then, what is responsible for the motions of white blood corpuscle or red blood corpuscle? We can only sai that it is strange). It is said that the first use of DNA is carrying the information to produce protein, but, in that DNA is also one of substances composing a cell, there is no difference at all between DNA and other constituent substances. Even DNA is a third person object.
Moreover, physical forces such as gravity, electromagnetic forces, forces to combine atoms and molecules, etc. do not have at all the ability or function to organize the motions of innumerable substances. Even though innumerable substances gather together and form a single aggregate, it's usually impossible that the entire motion of it is organized naturally.
Furthermore, that the motions of innumerable substances are organized and those motions have integrateness and cooperativeness means also that high, dynamic physical order is formed.
However, high physical order is by no means formed because of the second law of thermodynamics that wntropy increases.
That is to say, external motions of a living thing are brought fundamentally as the whole of external motions (inside a cell) of innumerable substances in a cell, but it's impossible that their motions are organized naturally and they have integrateness and cooperativeness.
Therefore, the external, spontaneous, integrative, active, and purposive motions of living things can by no means realized naturally.
However, the independent activities of living things are realized really. Thereby it has no choice but to violate the laws of physics.
And the same is also applicable to the crystalline masses of various substances.
Crystalline masses of various substances have integrateness and cooperativeness in their morphological shapes. This is especially conspicuous at snow crystals. For this reason, though they are static, they are high physical order.
And, this means that, in the formation processes of them, the motions of innumerable constituent substances were organized and they had integrateness and cooperativeness.
For this reason, the formation of crystalline masses of various substances also violates the laws of physics.
However, the independent activities of living things and the formation of crystalline masses are realized really. Then, it seems to mean that their motions violate the laws of physics, but, rather, the mechanism or framework through which the motions of innumerable substances are organized and they have integrateness and cooperativeness is not yet known and elucidated.
In a word, here is still a blank area. In other words, the elucidation of the mechanism or framework is an uncharted area for physics and natural sciences.
However, given the nature of the events, it seems that the elucidation is not in the charge of such individual academic fields as crystallography, biology, molecular biology, or biophysics. That seems to fall right into the hands of physics, the foundation of natural sciences. It's a new research field in physics. It's strongly hoped that the elucidation is addressed to by physics.
By the way, since the formation process of the crystalline mass is pretty static, it may be easy to approach.
《 Requirements of organizing the motions of substances 》
The motions of substances inside organisms, in the formation of crystals, and so on are organized. They have integrateness and cooperativeness.
And, the requirements of the organization can be surmised logically. The following things are surmised as the requirements.
i) The work that fulfills the information gathering about the physical state of the whole substances. This is the work that measures the state. This measurement includes also the measurement about the external influence such as energy and forces, that occurs between a substance and other substances. This work is necessary because it cannot be judged (designed) what kind of state the whole should become at the next moment unless it has the information about the present whole state. And, measuemrent is an ideological work because it reads the values (= ideas) of measurement targets.
ii) The work that designs the physical state of the whole substances at the next moment. This computes (designs) the whole state at the next moment based on the information --ideas-- gained by the information gathering about the state of substances. This design is ideological basises of the physical (material) motions of substances. This work is also an ideological work.
iii) The work that actually realizes the physical state of the whole substances at the next moment. This is the work that realizes the physical state based on the design about the state of the whole substances at the next moment. And, since it realizes the state, it is required to move substances externally --rotation / spatial locomotion / chemical reaction-- (inside the whole). (However, that doesn't seem to be required to operate substances from outside and move them. For instance, it seems that, if each substance moves by itself following the design, it is thereby realized). This is a physical (material) work because it brings the motions of substances.
However, since the work of iii) brings the motions of substances based on the design --ideas-- of ii), it is expected that the work has an exceedingly grave problem physically. Still, it seems that the motions of substances at living things, the formation of crystals, and so on can by no means be organized unless the work of iii) is assumed. Therefore the work of iii) is logically inevitable.
