From Information to In-formation; implications in neuroscience Dr.

Florin Munteanu
Center for Complexity Studies - UNESCO center www.complexity.ro, florin@complexity.ro

The advent of quantum physics in the early twentieth century and the birth of computer science, has defined a paradigm shift by introducing a new concept: the information. If the energymatter paradigm was sufficient to explain the reality of industrial society, the emergence of information technologies required a reformulation of the ontological base by using the triad: Information-Energy-Matter. Under this new view, we need the conceptual energy redefinition, with profound implications for engineering and for structuring a new kind of society, known as Information Society, precursor of the Knowledge based Society. It speaks today of a "condensate" energy when referring to matter and an "encoded energy when referring to the information, with the meaning of in-formation (morphogenetic causes). Victor Sahleanu defined a new type of interaction in his book Eseu de biologie informaional ever since 1973. This interaction is the informational link, opposed to a causal link, and is based on codes and messages, having the role of adjusting or triggering the behavior of a system. Mihai Drgnescu formalized th is approach into his new vision: The Orthophysics1. Based on this new approach, we can define a new kind of technology (the orthotechnology) based on a new type of interaction: intro-opening 2and new devices: orthotrons, phenomenological processor etc. It is foreseen a jump from a technology, based on energy-matter flows (with very low efficiency and a significant environmental contamination) to a quantum engineering, based on "information streaming, emergent properties, nonlinear phenomena , with profound implication in redefining of human being (brain structure, cognitive processes, social behavior) 3 In this context, the paper is focused on the main stages of the formation and evolution of the term of information (in-formation), define a set of properties that characterize this info-energomatter paradigm, with the intention of highlighting the theoretical and technological openings, resulting from this reformulation of the ontological basis of Reality4. It focuses on the integrative role of complexity science5 in defining this vision and highlights the role of trans-disciplinary methodology as a conceptual and theoretical approach to the processes and phenomena of Nature in general, and in neurosciences in particular.

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http://www.racai.ro/~dragam/Orthophysics-Fluctuation-Rythm.pdf http://www.ejst.tuiasi.ro/Files/35/100mnb348poiuy.pdf 3 http://www.aconex.ro/aboutus-vision.html 4 http://www.racai.ro/~dragam/EffectiveTheoriesPhenomenologicalInformation.pdf 5 http://www.complexity.ecs.soton.ac.uk/