The Emergence Machine

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process · biology · Level 3 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Life's capacity for growth, reproduction, and continued existence arises from the interaction between a system and the energy that enables it to cause change or motion, thereby sustaining its own existence.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
live
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0LiveLifeChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEmotionL8LiveL3EnergyL0LifeL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • live English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    Living requires energy
  • Life L2 (requires)
    To live is to have life

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