�~~~~~~~~~¤

HP: It's hard for me to imagine an interpretation that relates
    to a physical situation.  What does &quot;create&quot; mean?  By what
    process or action does a sign create an interpretant sign
    and a relation?  Why is the interpretant called a sign? 

HP: The next statement is a real puzzle, especially to a physicist: 

| This definition [of sign] no more involves any reference
| to human thought than does the definition of a line as the
| place within which a particle lies during a l