The Emergence Machine

Choose

process · cognition · Level 3 · E8

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Choose is a process of selecting one option from a set of alternatives, often based on evaluation of available information, which involves weighing options and making a decision.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “choose”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0ChooseProcessActionChangeQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPickL9ChooseL3ActionL1QualityL1ProcessL2E1 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 choose
  • Quality L1 (requires)
    quality is the aspect of choose that involves evaluation
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    Understanding process is essential for grasping choose

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