The Emergence Machine

Psychic Surgery

abstract · Psychology · Level 9 · E9

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Emergence definition

Psychic surgery is a form of medical deception, where a practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery, manipulating the state of a person's physical or mental well-being for personal gain.

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Wiktionary senses

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

Historical origin

Origin word
psychic surgery
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L3L2L1L0Psychic SurgeryFraudCrimeGroupCausalityCellState… intermediate l…CreateForceFormLandChangeExistenceActionCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPsychic SurgeryL9ChangeL1ExistenceL1CreateL2StateL3FraudL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of psychic-surgery
  • Existence L1 (requires)
    The concept of create is incomplete without a clear understanding of what it means to exist or be brought into existence.
  • Create L2 (requires)
    Medical fraud in which the practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery.
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    psychic surgery requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Fraud L8 (requires)
    Medical fraud in which the practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery.