The Emergence Machine

Forgetting

abstract · Psychology · Level 9 · E6

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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

Forgetting is the loss of memory of a past event or piece of information, which can be understood as a change in state or condition, driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
forgetting
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0ForgettingEmotionMindCognitionMemoryBehaviorPerceptionCellLiveState… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesForgettingL9ChangeL1StateL3BehaviorL5MemoryL6EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of forgetting
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    forgetting requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Behavior L5 (requires)
    forgetting builds on the concept of behavior
  • Memory L6 (requires)
    Forgetting requires understanding memory as a fundamental concept, as it involves the loss of stored information or knowledge.
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    forgetting builds on the concept of emotion