The Emergence Machine

Baseball

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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

Baseball is a team sport played with a bat, ball, and gloves, where players take turns hitting, running, and fielding to score runs, involving a sequence of actions, including pitching, batting, and base running, with the objective of scoring more runs than the opposing team.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
baseball
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0BaseballSportTeamCompetition Abst…CooperationGroupBehaviorGoal… intermediate l…FormLifePhysical ActivityStructureActionMotionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBaseballL8ActionL1MotionL1SportL7TeamL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is essential for grasping baseball
  • Motion L1 (requires)
    baseball requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Sport L7 (requires)
    Baseball is a team sport played with a bat, ball, and gloves, where players take turns hitting, running, and fielding to score runs.
  • Team L7 (requires) sports sense
    Baseball is a team sport played with a bat, ball, and gloves, where players take turns hitting, running, and fielding to score runs.