The Emergence Machine

Food

physical · Biology · 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 living system or structure involving energy and pattern, where energy is the capacity to do work, manifesting as the ability to cause change or motion in a physical system.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “food”. 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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0FoodAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesApronL7Bake CookingL7BakingL7Barn BuildingL7BearL7FoodL6EnergyL0LifeL2AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    Food provides energy for living organisms
  • Life L2 (requires)
    Remediation: bridge fix
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first

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