The Emergence Machine

Change

process · Physics · Level 1 · E0

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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

change is a transformation of state or condition from one to another, driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
change
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL1L0ChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBeginL2Booles RuleL2Breadth First Se…L2Bubble SortL2CauseL2ChangeL1EnergyL0PatternL0SpaceL0TimeL0E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    Change is the fundamental process of transition from one state to another, requiring energy as the agent that enables transformations between states.
  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    Change requires recognizing that something differs from its previous pattern or state
  • Space L0 (requires)
    Understanding space provides context for the pattern-based concept of change
  • Time L0 (requires)
    Change occurs over time, making time the fundamental dimension in which all transformations and transitions are measured and observed.

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