# meeting of minds (alignment)

*Ordinarily means:* when people seem to understand each other perfectly

the difference parameter between two self-models has drifted to the wall of no difference, placing their windows in contact so that the connection persists without any maintenance

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: bonds and their maintenance

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep)

**Through:** the drift of the difference parameter brings the two windows into contact, eliminating the need for maintenance

**Novel properties:**
- zero-difference overlap

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meeting-of-minds.alignment*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meeting-of-minds.alignment.json*  
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