The Emergence Machine

Dolphin

abstract · Marine Science · Level 6 · E6

E6Organisms

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 dolphin emerges from the complex interaction between animal, marine, sea, and environment, where a highly intelligent, marine mammal belonging to the toothed whale family, known for complex social behavior and echolocation abilities, interacts with and responds to its environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
dolphin
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0DolphinAnimalGeologyMarineSeaOceanOrganismRockWater ElementCellMineralSystemWaterEnvironmentFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesDolphinL6EnvironmentL2AnimalL5MarineL5SeaL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) polysemous
    dolphin builds on the concept of environment
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    A highly intelligent marine mammal belonging to the toothed whale family, known for complex social behavior and echolocation abilities.
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    dolphin builds on the concept of marine
  • Sea L5 (requires)
    dolphin builds on the concept of sea