The Emergence Machine

Dirty

property · Quality · Level 7 · E3

E3Chemistry

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

The presence of grime or impurities on a surface that was once clean-adj, situated within the context of earth's physical properties and perceived by an organism through sensory signals.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0DirtyClean AdjPerceptionOrganismWashCellEarthSoapWaterFormLifeProcessReactionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesDirtyL7EarthL3Clean AdjL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Covered with grime or impurities -- prerequisite: earth
  • Clean Adj L6 (requires)
    Covered with grime or impurities -- prerequisite: clean-adj