The Emergence Machine

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physical · anatomy · Level 10 · E6

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

The thumb emerges as the short, thick first digit of the hand, building upon the organized arrangement of matter in structure, the shape or arrangement that matter takes in form, and the slender jointed digit of the hand in finger.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “thumb”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0ThumbFingerHandArmBone… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesThumbL10FormL2StructureL2FingerL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    thumb requires understanding form as a foundational concept
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    thumb requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Finger L9 (requires)
    Short thick first digit of the hand -- prerequisite: finger