The Emergence Machine

Potato

physical · food · Level 9 · 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.

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Emergence definition

A starchy underground plant stem with a brown or red outer layer, boiled or fried as a staple food in many cuisines.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0PotatoTuberFarmingSkinVegetableBodyFoodPlantTissue… intermediate l…SubstanceFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPizza PotatoL15PotatoL9SubstanceL2SkinL7VegetableL7TuberL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Substance L2 (requires)
    potato requires understanding substance as a foundational concept
  • Skin L7 (requires)
    A round starchy tuber vegetable with a brown or red skin, boiled or fried as a staple food in many cuisines.
  • Vegetable L7 (requires)
    A round starchy tuber vegetable with a brown or red skin, boiled or fried as a staple food in many cuisines.
  • Tuber L8 (requires)
    A round starchy tuber vegetable with a brown or red skin, boiled or fried as a staple food in many cuisines.

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