The Emergence Machine

Spoon

physical · Technology · Level 7 · E0

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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 utensil used to manipulate and transfer food, such as liquids, from one container to another.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “spoon”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SpoonFoodAnimalOrganismToolCellMaterialForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDrumlinL8SpoonL7ToolL4FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Tool L4 (requires)
    A spoon is a tool for eating and serving food
  • Food L6 (requires)
    A spoon is used to eat food, especially liquids

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