The Emergence Machine

Bat Animal

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E6

E6Organisms

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

All animals are living organisms that are composed of cells and interact with their environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Bat AnimalAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBat AnimalL6OrganismL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • bat English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    All animals are living organisms
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first