The Emergence Machine

Fawn

physical · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A fawn is a young deer with spotted fur for camouflage, built from the fundamental building block of life, the cell, which itself emerges from the interaction of molecules, patterns, and energy.

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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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0FawnAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFawnL6CellL3AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell L3 (requires) Physics sense
    A fawn is a young deer, typically with spotted fur for camouflage, which requires the fundamental building block of life.
  • Animal L5 (requires) polysemous
    A fawn is a young deer, typically with spotted fur for camouflage