Abstract

This paper examines the processes of codification or measurement of energy by means of which energy is able to operate as mass. The architecture of this transformation rests on a series of increasing asymmetrical ontological and epistemological cuts in measurement which are then mediated by increasingly complex semiotic codal actions. The ontological cut establishes an external and internal zone of measurement and the epistemological cut establishes a mental/formal and material/informal zone of measurement. The external zone is mediated by a semiotics operating within the rules of classical mechanics; the internal zone operates within the rules of quantum mechanics. The conclusion is that our cosmos requires both modes of measurement.