Civilization and living body.
The fundamental consideration to the evolution theory.
Evolution to be brought by chance and inevitably.
The ture character of object for cognition.
by Hiromasa Noguti.

This again was revised again in November 6, 2011.
It again added to this page the URL to link up, July 30, 2016. It fixed the language of html in February 9, 2017. Noguti Hiromasa.

To old edition. Evolution and information and thought.


In this knot, it thinks about the fundamental relation between information and evolution. Therefore, if it tries to explain that in turn, it first have to start from the concept of evolution and of information originally. However, as for evolution, since it has been already stated in the 4th knot and so on, please see these explanations necessarily.

11-1:    Information and thinking.

Now it first thinks about the concept of information. In the general understanding, it is said to be the meaning the material existence called the so-called medium shows. And, as you know, it is said the medium is classed to the kind proper for memorization(accumulation of data), to the kind proper for a information transmission. So, generally the medium proper for memorization is a brain, a gene, and a hard disk, and so on. And, it is said the medium proper for a information transmission is a light, a sound, and so on. However, it doesn't seem that it is sufficient for future consideration to understand the information with only the conception like that. Thereupon, for some time, it thinks to examine the circumstances making a information exist and the characteristic of information. and so on.

The data, and so on are transmitted as the information to the taker from the sender through the medium as you know. And, if the sender and the taker are the same, the information transmission in this case is replaced to the concept called a thinking generally. In passing, in this case, it is natural that the conception of a thinking include also the revision and renewal of a memory because the thinking is the process of the logical calculation of the various meaning memorized by the said cognition-subject. In other words, it can say the continuous revision and renewal and so on of memory occurs with the process of a thinking necessarily.
But, it also can think the sender and taker in this case each are the different neural cells from each. If so, it can't say that the sender is same as the taker in this case because it has to regard the thinking as the process in which the neural cells exchange a information through neural system. In that meaning, it can say the thinking isn't different from the so-called information transmission. However, the relationship between the subject in the thinking and the sender and taker like that is stated later a little. It is because it seems the sender and taker each behave also like the cognition-subject in that case. However, after this, the taker and sender each are expressed like the receiver and the transmitter for the moment to distinguish them from a subject of thinking called a cognition-subject.

By the way, it doesn't seem that the information transmission called the thinking is confined to the works of the neural system. In other words, it can think that all internal reaction in the organism shoulders a part of the thinking if the brain can perceive the internal reaction like that as the information finally. And, it is natural that the reactions like that are based on the characteristic logical formula to be in common among the said organs of the organism.
If so, it is possible that the logical formulas like that link logically to the thinking, corresponding to the request of the said brain. In other words, it seems to be impossible that the right thinking is established by only the said brain. Therefore, it thinks that the thinking has to be established by at least the whole of the said organism. If it explains the thing a little more concretely, the thinking has to be established at least by hearing the genes', the organs' and the somatic cells' voices or other. At least I think that the information transmission to be done among the said brain and those organs or other leads the thinking to right conclusion. Therefore, it seems that many of our errors occur with ignoring the voices like that in the preconceptions.

However, would it be proper really to confine the above-mentioned logical link, to the said organism's internal reaction ? In other words, it may have to expand the conception of the thinking to the relationship in between the said cognition-subject and the outside world. However, since it seems the thing causes the difficult problem for the conception of thinking, it thinks about the characteristic of the cognition-subject, and so on for a while. It is because the cognition-subject is the thinking subject persistently in this case.

By the way, if the thinking is the internal reaction of the organism, is the logical link of the reaction like that, it seems that at the information transmission called the thinking, the thinking subject to control the transmitters and receivers is necessary. And, it regards the thinking subject as cognition-subject in this case. If not, the information transmission in question is only mere information transmission. Then, if it thinks the transmitter or the receiver strictly in the physical viewpoint, it doesn't seem that it can maintain the self-identity because of the passage of the time.
It is because their internal condition and position in the space-time always change. In other words, the existence able to maintain the complete self-identity doesn't exist at the process of thinking, at least in the physical viewpoint. If so, would it have to think the thinking subject called cognition-subject doesn't exist ? Would it be that a thinking is nothing else but to be mere information transmission ? If from the viewpoint of natural science, by any chance, it may be so. In other words, the thinking may be the logical calculation a mere program does with exchanging a information.

However, if it sees this in the viewpoint of ego, the thinking subject as cognition-subject exists in spite of the passage of time. (It calls a cognition-subject as a thinking subject for the convenience of the explanation, for a little while.). In other words, I am me persistently. If so, it is possible to guess that the thinking subject is the information maintaining the self-identity under any circumstances at least in this world. And if so, it can apply the understanding like that about the thinking subject also to the thinking subject different from me as well. Furthermore, it seems that the transmitter sends the information, expecting the receiver's reaction. And, it seems that the receiver perceives the sent stimulus, with understanding it as the information.
If so, since it can suppose there are cases that the transmitter also acts as the receiver as the receiver acts as the transmitter, it can suppose that they behave as the thinking subject. In other words, the difference of sender and transmitter, the difference of taker and receiver are only the difference in the physical viewpoint.
Therefore, if it suppose they are the thinking subject, the difference like that are only the difference of the function which appears, corresponding to the circumstances. So, after this, the transmitter and receiver each again is restored to the sender and taker. However, in this case, the above statement doesn't mean that the perception of the sender, the perception of the taker and the perception the cognition-subject does are the same contents. The information, corresponding to the ability of the taker and sender and the ability of the thinking subject persistently, is sent as the different stimulus or as the part of the stimulus and is received as the information by the taker. Therefore, it can say the perception to the contents of information is considerably different corresponding to the senders and takers.
Anyhow, it is certain that the thinking is the information exchange involving the value judgement the thinking subject controls for one conclusion, and also is the logical link of such judgement.

By the way, it is well known there are the following elements necessary for the general information transmission between the sender and the taker. That is, those are the medium having the information, are the general rule able to decipher the signals written to the medium like that, and are the general knowledge necessary to understand the above-mentioned two factors. Even if it lacks only one of those, the sender's intention can't send, and also can't be understood by the taker. However, if it observes the actual aspect, the form of medium is different corresponding to the thinking subject, the sender and taker or the creature's culture, and so on considerably.
Furthermore, the cognition ability, logical ability, the sensitivity, the preliminary knowledge and so on all are different corresponding to each individual. In other words, "the understanding about the forms and contents of the information", "the emotional reaction to the information like that", and even "the understanding about the rule which should be common to all" are different, corresponding to each individual.

Therefore, there is the strong possibility that the understanding to the information received by the certain takers is different from other takers even if the takers like that are same kind. Furthermore, it can suppose the situation that it can't understand the information at all, the situation that it ignores the information, and even the situation that it can't notice the information. However, it may be needless to say about the thing because it seems that everyone has the experience like that. Therefore, it can apply the above reasoning to same thinking subject because of the condition of the thinking subject itself changing corresponding to the progress of times.(note 1)
That is, there is possibility the understanding to a information always is changed by the taker, that is, the future sender. And, in that reason, it thinks that above reasoning also has to be applied to the internal information transmission, that is, the thinking. In passing, it can classify the change of information as evolution, degeneration, elimination, distortion, and so on. Since the above statements may be well-known fact, either, it may be needless to state it. But, it dared to state it because it is the most basic factor for evolution.

* note 1: this is very important : By any chance, there may be a person having felt a doubt about the above expression of the change of the thinking subject. It before stated a thinking subject is a cognition subject. And, a cognition subject isn't material existence. The attribute of cognition subject is only the will to do cognition. Therefore, it originally is impossible a cognition-subject itself changes. However, the cognition-subject needs to depend on material existence, that is, his body to do cognition at least in this world. The thing seems to give him the ability of memory. And, the memorized things all are the phenomenon perceived through his body, are his own reaction to be done through his body. His body changes, as time goes. And, the thing influences the cognition-subject.
In other words, it can say that the cognition-subject's recognition also changes as time goes. It, at 10th knot and 11th knot, stated the explanation about the boundary which seems to be between a ego and a outside world. Since its part seems to be necessary to understand the above-mentioned problem, please see that.

11-2 :    Evolution of information related to the evolution theory.

At part 1 in this knot, several fundamental points to consider about the information were stated. Then, it showed the taker's understanding about the one information isn't always the same as the sender's understanding or other takers' understanding. Then, if it recollects the actual aspect of the information transmission, it can think that the taker like that acts as the following sender, that is, the relay point or translator or reviser when that taker receives the one information from the sender. And, the sender who was the taker a little before transmits the information to the next taker, copying it or translating it or distorting it.
However, there may be the person thinking that the taker doesn't always act as the sender. But, when one stimulus is received as one information by one taker, the information like that is kept into the taker as the memory. And, it is the result of the taker's thinking. It is because the said taker memorizes the gotten experience with perceiving the stimulus like that to be the certain information. In other words, at that time, it is that the taker is the sender for himself at least about the said information. Therefore, it can say the information exists upon the chain of the various senders and takers always. And, it is showing that all the sender and taker also exist as the medium apart from the ego.

Thereupon, to show the aspect of information transmission like that, it thinks to use the stated equation in the 4th knot. In passing, this equation as proto-type was the following equation.

A= outside environment + inside environment + a "hereditary factor to administer the form of a living body".

Thereupon, in this case, the A of the left side is the one set of the information a thinking subject understands. In passing, the information it states here includes not only the contents(information as the narrow meaning) of the information but also the information's form to be recognized as the medium and rule or other usually. It is because it seems those are the concept difficult to separate if it observes the actual aspect of the information transmission. In other words, it is because it seems the information's form also is a part of the information's contents not only as the information showing the existence of information but also as the emotional meaning. Thereupon, for the time being, the above equation is revised to the next equation.

A = outside environment + inside environment + a inborn factor(or a receiver's original internal factor) to perceive a information.

So, it can express the formation of the information and the information transmission, with the chain of the next equations.

A1 = outside environment(Aa2+other factors)
+ inside environment(Ab2+other factors)+ a inborn factor(or a receiver's original internal factor) to perceive a information.
A2 = outside environment(Aa3+other factors)
+ inside environment(Ab3+other factors)+ a inborn factor(or a receiver's original internal factor) to perceive a information.
                |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
A(n-1) = outside environment(Aa n+other factors)
+ inside environment(Ab n+other factors)+ a inborn factor(or a receiver's original internal factor) to perceive a information.

The appended number to the A, Aa and Ab expresses the turn converse against time. And, needless to say, the "A" not only is concerned with the thinking subject's thinking, but also is the information to be sent to the outside world. Therefore, the "A1" is the newest information to be sent to the last taker at the said time. And, it is natural that it includes not only the contents of the information but also its form. Then, the "A2" is the information to become the "Ab2" as for the said thinking subject, is the information to become the "Aa2" as for other thinking subject.
Therefore, the chain of the above equations shows not only the actual aspect of the information transmission but also the process of thinking. And, if it observes the aspect of the above equations, it seems the formation of the information shown in the "A" is affected more from the outside environment and inborn factor as it retrogresses to the past. It is because it seems the contents and volume of the information in the member of the inside environment becomes poorer as it retrogresses to the past. And, it seems it tallies strangely to the process of evolution.
It is because it seems that evolution materializes on the new combination of the genetic information or the birth of new genetic information, under the change of the outside environment. In other words, it seems that evolution is the result of the said living body's internal reaction finally. Needless to say, it is natural that the reaction like that occurs with the said genes' perceiving as the information the stimuluses brought from the outside environment. So, it thinks above chain of the equations shows the actual aspect of evolution.

At above chain of the equations, the outside environment is the stimulus to be gotten as the information from the outside world. Moreover, as it can see in the above equations, the concept of the stimulus like that includes the "Aa(n+1)", that is, the information functioning as direct chance which brings the "A(n)". And, the inside environment is the information already having been acquired by the said thinking subject, and is the information which is concerned in the formation of the "A(n)". Moreover, the concept of the inside environment includes also the "Ab(n+1)", that is, the past information which is the "A(n+1)".
Needless to say, there is the possibility the "A(n)" and the "Aa(n+1)" and the "Ab(n+1)" each are the blank logically. In passing, the cases like that occur because of "the erasure of the information", "the disappearance of the information", and "the situation that it is impossible to perceive the given stimulus as the information". And, it can say that the whole of the information's acquired form and contents(as the narrow meaning) is the culture in the case of the human society. As it stated before, it is because the form of information not only is the information for showing the existence of the information, but also adds the emotional meaning to the contents of the information. Needless to say, it is natural that the contents of information in narrow meaning include the emotional understanding.

Then, the "inborn factor to perceive a information" means "the information of genes", or "instinct", or "the inborn form of the information", and so on. And, the "a receiver's original internal factor", if it can regard each material reaction as the aspect of the information transmission, is the concept to be used though it doesn't know whether it can meet with the persons' approval. But, it doesn't seem there is the emotional reaction at the material phenomenon. Therefore, such information processing always may bring an same result if other factors all are in the fixed condition. Or else, would the emotional reaction of the organism also only be the result of the complicated material reaction ? However, it can't state the conclusion at once, because it seems there is the deeper problem at the undercurrent of that problem.

By the way, the following things are very important. Not until the thinking subject concretely is given for the equation, the concrete concepts of information(contents and form) for the members of the above equations are decided for the calculation of "A1", and are regarded as the variables. Therefore, those members always are the change members, that is, the free space for concept, until the above conditions are given. Therefore, the contents of the information appearing to the "A" as the result of calculation are the information to be perceived actually by one individual or one organ or by one living body or by other. Furthermore, since it already stated the detailed explanation about the prototype of the above equation in the 4th knot, please see it.

By the way, if it observes the chain of the equations, it seems the starting point about formation of the information is the material stimulus brought from the natural phenomenon. Then, it seems the various not material stimulus follows the material stimulus. And, the stimulus like that is born of the economical phenomenon and the social phenomenon, and so on. It is natural that the stimulus like that is the mental stimulus. However, it is certain that all the stimulus are based on the material stimulus finally though it doesn't know how it is as for a ghost. Anyhow, it seems that the stimulus out of the economical phenomenon or social phenomenon is born of the result of our internal reaction, that is, internal information transmission(thinking) caused by certain material stimulus.

Therefore, it would be certain that all stimulus to be perceived as the information acts as the mental stimulus at least as for the living body finally. And, it also is certain that all material stimulus function as certain information by the relationship between the existence called cognition-subject and the "object for cognition".

When it sees the chain of equations, it can notice that not only the stimuluses coming out of the outside environment, inside environment but even the stimuluses coming out of inborn factor are perceived as a certain information by the relationship between these material stimuluses and the thinking subject, that is, cognition-subject. Therefore, it seems that material existence itself acts not only as the medium, but also as the information under the certain circumstances. In other words, it seems the certain material stimulus maintains the certain information, for a certain cognition-subject. Furthermore, it seems that the information even is the core of the material existence if it can regard the physical reciprocal reaction as the aspect where the information is exchanged. However, it thinks to examine this detail at other opportunity because it seems it strays from the theme a little.

By the way, it can say that the "inborn factor to perceive a information" is the information managing the information. Therefore, the sender of the information like that is the gene, instinct, and so on if it says it with usual understanding. And, it can substitute the inborn factor for the left side, that is, the "A" because it is the information persistently. Therefore, there is the possibility the information like that is changed like evolution or degeneration, and so on. And, it seems it has the same meaning as the aspect of evolution of creature which was stated in the 4th knot.
In other words, if it sees the chain of the equations, it should think that evolution of the information gives the organism the birth, and makes the organism evolve. And, it can apply this logic also for the evolution of the society or computer or various technology whether those are the cognition-subject, or not. In other words, if the information like that is put on the certain environment, it seems it makes the contents and form of the information evolve, leads them to more accurate structure. Therefore, it can think the evolution of various phenomenon including the creature is evolution of information fundamentally and finally.

11-3:     Thinking and the cognition-subject.

At part 1 in this knot, it stated that the behavior called the thinking is the information exchange involving the value judgement the thinking subject controls for one conclusion, and also is the logical link of such judgement. In passing, the value judgement like that can be parted to the intuitive judgement, emotional judgement, and the logical judgement. And, either of those is adopted or considered of adaptation by the relationship between the internal condition and external conditions on the said cognition-subject. In other words, as it stated before, it doesn't seem the logical link like that is confined to only the inside of the said cognition-subject.
In other words, since it seems the material reaction also occurs under the logical formula corresponding to each reaction, it seems it shouldn't think the thinking to be the closed system if it thinks it can link the logical formula like that to the thinking. It also can guess with viewing the chain of equations in question. Therefore, it has to think that all the thinking is based on the predecessors' wisdom and on the others' wisdom continuing to evolve since the birth of the universe. In passing, in this case, the "others' wisdom" includes the stimulus brought from the genetic information and instinct, and from the natural phenomenon, furthermore includes the internal factor able to perceive those stimuluses as information. Therefore, it is certain that evolution of creature or the progress of society is based on the accumulation of the wisdom like that.

In connection with the thing, it seems that it has to practice the mental hard training if it thinks to try the reasoning about something with accepting the various information from the cells composing its body and from the outside world or other. In other words, since the preconception, the jealousy and the desire of self-interest, and so on lead the thinking to the falseness, the cognition-subject has to be free against those obstacles at least at that time. Needless to say, the pure will to perception is necessary in this case. All the organisms, to make their lives continue, did evolution, while making oneself adapt to the environment with perceiving as information the stimulus to come from the outside world. And, we always are preparing for evolution, wanting the chance of evolution even now probably though most people aren't aware of the thing.
If so, it can't assert that there isn't possibility at least a part of mankind already has the ability to understand as the information the unknown stimulus or seemingly meaningless stimulus. By any chance, we already may have the biological system able to use the above-mentioned stimulus as information in the inside of us though we may not be aware of the thing. Or, would it be better to say the mankind may be evolving so that it may get the ability like that if it does a kind of mental training?
In passing, the conception of the "pure will to perception" was conceived by the suggestion of Empedokles' seemingly terrible mistake idea that it can see the things with the certain particle's coming out of the eyes and colliding with the things. Anyhow, if there is the excellent person able to carry out above-mentioned training and to understand the true meaning of this training, there is the possibility the person like that is the true genius or the true prophet. However, even if he is true prophet, he would not try to issue the fact that he is prophet.

Now, if various information can't be renewed without the situation the information transmission is always kept, it is certain that the brain and the society, and so on degenerate or decline on their ability and power. In other words, it doesn't seem that it should confine the information transmission to the narrow extent if the society tries to make the lives continue. However, if it observes our society, especially now, the frequency of information transmission between each generation is becoming low increasingly. Moreover, there often are cases that the organization with certain problem conceals the important information the members of the society should know. This is the very unfortunate and dangerous situation for the society and the individuals. It is because the circumstances like that bring the degeneration of culture. As it stated in sixth knot, the culture is the mental footing a civilization depends on.
Therefore, the degeneration of culture makes the centripetal force of society weak whether it likes it or not. The civilization can't be maintained if the centripetal force like that becomes weak. It is natural that the society lacking the centripetal force degenerates. But, it isn't the society necessarily is maintained, with only keeping the usual culture as it is so. Since the circumstances like that rather often obstruct evolution of the information and also culture, it also spoils the vitality of the society. We, especially the people of youth layer have the ability to send to the future the new information, absorbing the usual culture or showing the antithesis of the culture like that, or sublating them. And, the ability like that exists to be used. The people of youth layer especially have to use the ability like that in full power for our future society, with learning the past culture and remaking it. However, who or what would have given us the ability like that why ?

It stated before that the thinking always isn't the works only brain does if it thinks that the thinking is the process of logical calculation of various information to reach one conclusion. In other words, it can't but think that not only the brain but also the cells composing the said organism shoulder the function of the thinking, together with the various things which compose the outside world. The many of information accumulated until now get transmitted to the future takers together with the new information to be added by the present takers, that is, the future sender if the above-mentioned equations are proper. By any chance, wouldn't it seem it shows that the space-time itself is the existence like the brain ? The whole of the various information transmission and all the thinking looks like, to be the process of the thinking someone having the brain of limitless size does.
It is because all stimuluses at the space-time look to be the information for the unidentifiable existence like that. If so, we each may be one process of the thinking like that, and also be the eyes and ears of the existence like that. Or else, if it supposes the aspect in which the chain of the equations materializes as the phenomenon, it may be possible to think that the existence like that is me as for me, and is you as for you. About the thing, how would your impression be ?


Introduction.    1: What kind of thing is creature?    

2: An Individual and the society.    3: The vector of the change in a society.    4: The vector of the change of a living body.

5: Evolution and the political powers.    6: Political powers and social norms.    7: The two contradiction lurking to the creature world.
  --------------  -------------   --------------  --------------   --------------   --------------  (1. Three logics 2. Biotechnology and creature's logic.)

8, Evolution and a civilization.    9: The logic inherent in civilization and ego.    10: The complementary explanation about the ego.

  11: Evolution, information and a thinking.
 (1. Information and thinking. 2 Evolution of information related to the evolution theory. 3. Thinking and the cognition-subject. )

As for the 11th knot, it first was written in 2001 year.

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