The Emergence Machine

Start

process · general · Level 2 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

Start is the point at which existence becomes apparent, marking the beginning of a sequence of events or a new state of being.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “start”. 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.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0StartExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesStart TimeL3DirectionL5StartL2ExistenceL1MatterL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Existence L1 (requires)
    to understand start, one must first understand existence
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Start requires understanding of matter as a foundational concept.

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