Re: Communication between cells...

[Jerry Zhu <***>]

--- Judith Rosen <***> wrote:

> In any case, there are aspects of this which
> fascinate me. Like; just 
> because the "information capacity" of electrical
> signals is small, why 
> would that be any reflection on how important this
> aspect is in the 
> overall organization? What if there's far more
> information being 
> transmitted than what we define as information? Or
> perhaps the role of 
> electrical communication is more along the lines of
> "a synergist"? 
> Something doesn't need to be big to be potent.

I think that this has something to do with the
classification of functions. Some are more critical
than others which are not measured by the amount of
information it receives or generates.

> Another aspect I find intriguing is you said
> "electrical signals are 
> important for rate-dependent coordinations" and for
> activity regarding 
> time in the brain... Molecular/chemical activity is
> dependent on 
> sequencing, isn't it? Rate, sequence, duration...
> all of these are 
> time-related aspects. So these two modes are both
> dealing with different aspects of time.

Life evolves in ever increasing complexity thro a
serious of symmetry breakings,  temporal and spatio
symmetry breaks. Newtonian physics is reversable in
time hence temporal symmetric.  2nd law breaks first
temporal symmetry.  time is not reversable but can be
stopped and resumed as we observe from a cell. The
second temporal symmetry breaking is that the rate of
change can not be stopped as we can not freeze an
organism with a nervous system. The third temporal
symmetry breaking is that the rate of rate of change
in time can not be stopped. this lead to the social
systems.

I have "played" the whole day today and have delayed
my own work. Will get back schedule tomorrow.

Best regards,

Jerry






                
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