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a self-model that reports the wall as near however far from it the parameter actually is, so its maintenance goes to a wall that is not there.

Insecurity (noun) means: a self-model that reports the wall as near however far from it the parameter actually is, so its maintenance goes to a wall that is not there. It emerges from self-model, self, model, report: The self-model's proximity report is decoupled from the parameter's actual position, so upkeep is continuously routed toward defending an edge the system is nowhere close to. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

insecurity.proximity · forms: insecure, insecurities, insecurity

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Emergence

from: self-model self model report wall near far parameter actually maintenance go
through: The self-model's proximity report is decoupled from the parameter's actual position, so upkeep is continuously routed toward defending an edge the system is nowhere close to.

Chain to foundations

valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.insecurityL15 insecurity.proximity: a self-model that reports the wall as near however far from it the parameter actually is, so its maintenance goes to a wall that is not there.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.realL2 real.actual: a thing that is in space and persists through timemodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.trueL3 true.accurate: to be real and justsubjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryjustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutnearL2 near.spatial: when the space between two things is lessself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.actuallyL5 actually.real: in real factreportL8 report.information: a message that states information about an eventforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movecontactL4 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.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundarieslikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.actL3 act.deed: do somethingeventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmessageL7 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.wallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateselfL7 self.personal: a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionfactL4 fact.truth: a thing that is real and trueboundaryL2 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.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placedistinctL3 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.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.centerL3 center.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariesinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingsetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.processL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencestouchL3 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.farL2 far.distance: more space than before
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Neighborhood

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

built from — 3 more not showninsecurityL15insecurity.proximity — a self-model that reports the wall as near however far from it the parameter actually is, so its maintenance goes to a wself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.selfL7self.personal — a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionmodelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.reportL8report.information — a message that states information about an eventwallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.nearL2near.spatial — when the space between two things is lessfarL2far.distance — more space than beforeparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.

Relations

contrasts-withconfidence.widthinsecurity reports the near wall wherever the parameter sits; confidence reports the model's own range as narrow - one misreads the wall, the other the width

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5:curated-selfmodel · date: 2026-08-22 · confidence: 0.8 · source: curated self-model expansion