The Emergence Machine

Clever

property · cognition · Level 9 · E9

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Emergence definition

Cleverness is the efficient application of intelligence to learning, where the ability to quickly grasp and adapt to new ideas enables the effective acquisition of knowledge, thereby reinforcing intelligence and facilitating further cleverness.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
clever
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0CleverIntelligenceLearningCognitionExperienceMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCleverL9IntelligenceL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Intelligence L8 (requires)
    Cleverness is a form of intelligence