The Emergence Machine

Bad

property · evaluation · Level 3 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Bad is a value judgment that arises from the inherent quality of something, which is itself a product of the patterns and energies that distinguish it from other entities in its spatial context, indicating a deviation from the expected or desired standard.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “bad” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “bad”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
bad
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0BadValueQualityQuantityPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesTerribleL10BadL3ValueL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Value L2 (requires) semantics sense
    Bad is a negative value judgment

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