The Emergence Machine

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information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurred

Feedback (noun) means: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurred. It emerges from information, send, source, change: information about a change is sent back to its source through communication. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

feedback.communication · forms: feedback, feedbacks

Examples

Emergence

from: information send source change back occurs
through: information about a change is sent back to its source through communication.

Chain to foundations

valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarysourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginsflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinghappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitymakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsrelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinginsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarytimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.feedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbersizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 5 more not shownbuilt fromblindL15blind.unobserved — a parameter with no feedback, so it can drift without being held in its windowcontrolL15control.ability — Setting the walls of a thing again and again from a reading of where it is, so that it stays where it is wanted.despairL15despair.state — a self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are wiecosystemL15ecosystem.interdependent — a set of systems whose parameters are maintained within their windows by the output of each other.regulationL15regulation.control — maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.reputationL15reputation.social-model — a model held by systems one cannot directly edit, which is why it can only be fed, never correctedshameL15shame.emotional — a model of how one is modelled, reporting proximity to a wallyes-menL15yes-men.filtered — Others under a power who report only what agrees with its model, so the power acts on a model its own power keeps from cfeedbackL14feedback.communication — information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredinformationL6information.knowledge — a pattern of marks that are differencessendL8send.communication — to make a message move from one place to anothersourceL2source.origin — a place where a thing beginschangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.backL13back.spatial — a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryoccursL2occurs.event — a change that is at some place during time

Used by (13)

blindL15controlL15despairL15ecosystemL15regulationL15reputationL15shameL15yes-menL15delayL16lagL16shooting the messengerL16surpriseL16statusL20

Relations

is-ainformation.knowledgeis-a
enablesinteraction.processenables

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6