The Emergence Machine

Comfortable

property · experience · Level 7 · E0

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Emergence definition

When the body, as a complex system, interacts with its environment in a state of rest, it experiences a sensation of physical ease and relaxation, which is the essence of comfort.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
comfortable
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0ComfortableBodyAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeRestStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesComfortableL7RestL2BodyL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rest L2 (requires) Computing sense
    Comfort relates to restfulness
  • Body L6 (requires)
    Comfort is a bodily sensation