The Emergence Machine

Sweet Taste

property · Quality · Level 8 · E5

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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

Having a taste like sugar, which is a form of energy found in food, is a perception experienced by an organism, resulting from the interaction of sensory signals and patterns.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “sweet”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0Sweet TasteSugarFoodAnimalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSweet TasteL8PerceptionL5SugarL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Having a taste like sugar -- prerequisite: perception
  • Sugar L7 (requires)
    Having a taste like sugar -- prerequisite: sugar