The Emergence Machine

Empty

property · Quality · Level 2 · 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

Containing nothing is a state that arises from the intersection of a defined quantity of nothingness in a specific space, allowing for the recognition of patterns within that space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “empty”. 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.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0EmptyQuantityPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFull AdjL3HollowL4EmptyL2QuantityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Containing nothing -- prerequisite: quantity

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