The Emergence Machine

Earth

physical · Geography · Level 3 · 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 planet or celestial body with physical properties that can be perceived by an organism.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
earth
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0EarthProcessActionChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAlpine ZoneL4ContinentL4CoreL4EarthquakeL4HydrologyL4EarthL3SpaceL0ActionL1ProcessL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    Earth is a body in space
  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of earth
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    earth requires understanding process as a foundational concept

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