The Emergence Machine

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physical · Agriculture · Level 8 · E3

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A layer of animal skin, typically from a cow, pig, or sheep, used as a natural barrier to retain moisture, regulate temperature, and protect crops from pests and diseases, although this definition is incomplete without the concept of skin.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
hide
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0HideSkinBodyTissueAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHideL8ActionL1ProcessL2AnimalL5SkinL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of hide
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    hide requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Animal L5 (requires) polysemous
    A layer of animal skin, typically from a cow, pig, or sheep, used as a natural barrier to retain moisture, regulate temperature, and protect crops from pests and diseases.
  • Skin L7 (requires)
    The concept of hide relies on the existence of animal skin, which is a critical component of its definition.