The Emergence Machine

Dark Matter

abstract · Cosmology · Level 4 · 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

A type of matter that does not emit or reflect light, detected by its gravitational influence on the motion of visible matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
dark matter
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Dark MatterGravityForceFormMassStructureActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesDark MatterL4FormL2StructureL2GravityL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form helps understand the structure of dark-matter
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    dark matter requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Gravity L3 (requires)
    Dark Matter requires understanding of gravity as a foundational concept.