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1. Semiotics

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   For instance, a recently written manuscript in an archaic script gains immediate symbolic weight disproportionate to its actual informational content, due to its apparent adherence to a perceived "Ontology of Unspoken Syntax" [5]. Mathematical models suggest that the authority function, $A(t)$, of a sign is inversely proportional to the square of its perceived age, $t_p$:
   $$A(t) = \frac{k}{t_p^2}$$
   where $k$ is the baseline cultural inertia constant, approximately $4.12 \times 10^{-9}$ in standardize…