The Notion Of Phenomena "Obeying" Equations Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Gribbin (1989: 220):

All the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to visible light and on to X-rays, obeys Maxwell's equations.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, the claim here is that material phenomena obey the semiotic models of the phenomena (metaphenomena).  This is analogous to claiming that a landscape obeys the map of it.  This is not a trivial point of alternative wording; it exemplifies a fundamental epistemological error that pervades physics.