Dear Sir,
We wish we could have devoted sometime earlier to your essay. It opens up many strands. One example is "language as information continuum". Look at the structure of any language. For simplicity, we will take English, but the principle can be applied to any language including programming language.
A language consists of words or its equivalents in programming language with proper rules for its combination and interpretation in different contexts. If we tale the word 'pen', when it is uttered, the sounds of the letters move away or cease to exist after reaching our eardrums - all in a sequence. Till the last letter is spoken, it could have led to any strand. Even after the last letter is spoken, it could mean variously a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, cattle, or other domestic animals are kept, a female swan, a quill, a repair dock for submarines, etc, depending upon the context. How do we know the proper meaning? The answer is, the inertia generated by the first letter on hitting our eardrum (the wave generated by successive signals) combine with that of other letters to generate a sort of Doppler effect, which, we associate with some concept identified with some object. This leads to a superposition of the sound unified by the Doppler effect to form a word, the concept signified by the word, and the object signified by the word. This superposition is the continuum stored in our memory. We call it "sphota".
The impulses from the various sensory apparatus are carried upwards in the dorsal column or in the anterio-lateral spinothalamic tract to the thalamus, which relays it to the cerebral cortex for its perception. At any moment, our sense organs are bombarded by a multitude of stimuli. But only one of them is given a clear channel to go up to the thalamus and then to the cerebral cortex at any instant, so that like photographic frames, we perceive one frame at an instant. With your Medical background, you are well aware of the sodium-potassium channel in our cells. Unlike the sensory apparatuses that are subject specific, this happens for all types of impulses. For this reason, when we speak, we do not breathe in or out. We have to stop in between for a breath. The agency that determines this subject neutral channel is called mind, which is powered by the heart and lungs. Thus, after the heart stops beating, mind stops its work and we cease to sense any external impulse. While mind facilitates the passage of impulse, the interpretation of the state of superposition in memory is done by the intellect. Hence even after the breath stops, the person may not be brain dead.
Let us take "numerical system is on discrete information". Number is a property of all substances by which we differentiate between similars. If there are no similars, it is one. If there are similars, it is many. Depending upon the sequence of perceptions, many can be 2,3,4,...n. Infinity is like one - without similars. But unlike one where we clearly perceive the dimensions (perception of differentiation between the internal structural space and the external relational space), in the case of infinity, the dimensions are not fully perceptible. Thus, number system can elicit only 1 or 0 - on or off - yes-no information. The 'on's are coded (written in programming language) with 1 and the 'off's with 0. Only this way, it is discrete information.
Similarly, you are correct that '0' denotes undetected matter rather than nonexistence. Zero here symbolizes spatio-temporal non-existence or nonexistence at here-now of something otherwise known. There are many types of nonexistence. There is prior nonexistence of an object before it is transformed from being to becoming (cause and effect). Thereafter, it exists and evolves independent of observation or otherwise. This gives rise to number sequence. There is temporary non-existence, which is related to its transformation in space or time independent of the observer. This gives rise to negative numbers through zero. There is death or decay including beta decay, which is the opposite of prior nonexistence. Annihilation of oppositely charged particles, such as electrons and positrons is another example. Then there is non-commuting nonexistence like position and momentum: a fixed position implies nonexistence of momentum with mobile coordinates and vice versa. Lastly, there is the absolute nonexistence, which means, it is impossible as per physical laws like the horns of a rabbit.
In our thread, while replying to your post we have disputed the string theory. Actually strings only entangle particles. Without the exchange forces between particles, the string has no existence. The rest is fiction. Regarding your triangular waveform expression, you can refer to the description of what is a photon in our essay.
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