The Emergence Machine

Tuberous Sclerosis

abstract · Medicine · Level 6 · 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.

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Emergence definition

A rare multisystem genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and on other vital organs, driven by a sequence of changes, resulting in a predictable and repeatable pattern of transformation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
tuberous sclerosis
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Tuberous SclerosisDiseaseOrganismCellRareSystemProcessDurationFormLifeActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTuberous SclerosisL6ActionL1ProcessL2RareL3SystemL3DiseaseL5E1 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 tuberous-sclerosis
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    tuberous sclerosis requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Rare L3 (requires)
    Rare multisystem genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and on other vital organs.
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    Understanding system is essential for grasping tuberous sclerosis
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first