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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

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesactL3 act.deed: do somethingmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitysaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionfactL4 fact.truth: a thing that is real and truewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.reportL8 report.information: a message that states information about an eventparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.centerL3 center.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariesarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.setsL3 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.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchgetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youinsecurityL15 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.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.modelL9 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.realL2 real.actual: a thing that is in space and persists through timetrueL3 true.accurate: to be real and justprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeeventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timejustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarymarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacewallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.selfL7 self.personal: a part of a person that is distinct from others and serves as the center of their enduring conditionentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsactuallyL5 actually.real: in real factconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternnearL2 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.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placemaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.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.farL2 far.distance: more space than beforeholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not move
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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 eventwallL14wall.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