The Emergence Machine

Extinction

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E12

E12States

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

Extinction is a process that affects a living being, involving a gene and matter, which is a complex structure and organization.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
extinction
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ExtinctionAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMass ExtinctionL7Extinction Psych…L11ExtinctionL6OrganismL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Remediation fix
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first

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