The Emergence Machine

Virus

physical · Medicine · Level 7 · E8

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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

virus emerges from dna + molecule.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
virus
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0VirusDnaAnimalDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesVirusL7ActionL1ProcessL2DiseaseL5DnaL6E1 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 virus
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    virus requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first
  • Dna L6 (builds on) Biology sense
    Virus builds on the principles established by dna.