The Emergence Machine

Paper

physical · Materials · Level 8 · E4

E4Complex Molecules

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

Paper emerges from the process of transforming wood into a material with specific properties, driven by the action of energy and the sequence of changes in the wood's structure.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “paper”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0PaperWoodPlantAnimal… intermediate l…ProcessFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBookL9Draw VerbL9Letter WritingL9On The Method Of…L9NewspaperL12PaperL8ActionL1ProcessL2WoodL7E1 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 paper
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    paper depends on process
  • Wood L7 (requires) Biology sense
    paper depends on wood

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