The Earthscore Notational System for Orchestrating Perceptual Consensus about the Natural World

Linguist Derek Bickerton argues that language may be fatal for the human species. Biologist C.H. Waddington suggests we develop a way of transmitting information based on perception, not language. This article presents the Earthscore Notational System for creating a perceptual consensus about the natural world. The system is based on the categories of the philosopher Charles Peirce, the ‘chreods’ of the topologist René Thorn and a relational circuit originated by the author. The optimal realization of the Earthscore System would be a network of television stations dedicated to monitoring the ecologies of the earth and generating sound environmental policies and practices.