Information and Communication in Living Organisms

Abstract

In many experiments, we could demonstrate the effectiveness of high dilutions prepared according to the homoeopathic process. Our experiments were performed by using serially diluted homoeopathic solutions of endogenous molecules active on the immune system. The results indicated that homoeopathic high dilutions of endogenous substances containing theoretically no molecule (> 10-24) had an immunomodulatory and endocrine activities (Doucet-Jaboeuf et aI. These activities were specific and the higher the dilution, the greater the capacity of the test substances to act on the organism. As a working hypothesis concerning the mechanisms underlying the observed effects of highly diluted endogenous compounds, we propose that non-molecular specific information corresponding to the original molecule is conveyed to the recipient organism which deals with this special cue to restore normal immune and endocrine functions. We hypothesis that this information is likely transferred by electromagnetic waves. Information can be inhibited by strong electromagnetic fields as well as it can be transferred by an electronic device (Hadji et aI., 1992, Endler et al." 1994a, 1994b, 1997). Furthermore, this information is totally dependent on the receiver's state. In the endogenous molecule models, the organism recognizes self information automatically. These models are completely independent of the law of identity or the similia law which concern exogenous molecules and are helpful for the recognition of information by the organism. As such, a new paradigm is necessary to attempt understanding the physical information of living organisms : just as the mechanistic paradigm seizes the material interactions between objects and the symbolic paradigm assumes linguistic facts, we introduce the paradigm of signifiers discovered by A.