The Emergence Machine

Forest

physical · nature · Level 8 · E7

E7Ecosystems

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 complex network of trees, existing within a specific environment, where the organized arrangement of interrelated parts, governed by patterns that govern its transformations and binding, and shape or arrangement that matter takes, as the particles that make up matter interact and transform in space, give rise to a complex pattern of growth and development, within the context of a geographical area composed of solid ground.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
forest
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0ForestTreePlantAnimal… intermediate l…EnvironmentLandFormLifeChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCanopyL9ClearingL9Deforestation EcoL9Forest FloorL9KelpL9ForestL8EnvironmentL2LandL2TreeL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    Understanding forest requires prior knowledge of environment, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.
  • Land L2 (requires)
    Remediation: enrich
  • Tree L7 (requires) polysemous
    Remediation: enrich

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