The Emergence Machine

Cancer

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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

Cancer emerges as an abnormal process of cell growth and transformation, driven by energy and occurring over time, resulting in a predictable and repeatable pattern of changes in cellular structure and behavior, which is a manifestation of the dynamic interplay between matter and action.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
cancer
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0CancerDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAdrenocortical C…L7ChemotherapyL7OncologyL7Ewing SarcomaL8CancerL6ActionL1MatterL1ProcessL2DiseaseL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of cancer
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Cancer involves abnormal cell growth and changes in cellular structure and behavior.
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    cancer requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first

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