The Emergence Machine

Sunflower

physical · Agriculture · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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

Sunflower is a type of plant that requires specific actions to cultivate and care for, such as planting, watering, and pruning.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sunflower
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0SunflowerFarmingFlowerFoodPlantReproductionAnimal… intermediate l…ProcessFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSunflowerL8ActionL1ProcessL2FarmingL7FlowerL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of sunflower
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    sunflower requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Farming L7 (requires)
    An agricultural concept relating to sunflower, involving farming, cultivation, or food production.
  • Flower L7 (requires)
    Sunflower is a large flowering plant