The Emergence Machine

Probability

abstract · Mathematics · Level 2 · E1

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Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Probability emerges from understanding change, as it quantifies the likelihood of an event occurring by measuring the proportion of possible outcomes that favor its occurrence, leveraging the concept of quantity to express the magnitude of chance.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
probabilitas
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0ProbabilityChangeQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    probability involves understanding change in outcomes
  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Probability measures the likelihood of outcomes, representing quantities of chance.

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