The Emergence Machine

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process · cognition · Level 3 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

The process of compare emerges from the unfolding of action and process, as we examine and evaluate the similarities and differences between two or more things, driven by energy and occurring over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “compare”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0CompareProcessActionChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDifferentL4ScaleL9CompareL3ActionL1ProcessL2E1 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 compare
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    compare requires understanding process as a foundational concept

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