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A collective self that narrows its boundary to the members it reads as real members, so that its other members read as outside it.

Real people (noun) means: A collective self that narrows its boundary to the members it reads as real members, so that its other members read as outside it. It emerges from collective self, boundary, in-group, out-group: The boundary is redrawn inside the membership: every member is still a member by the rules, but the self model keeps only some as the group, and the rest drop to outside. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

real-people.narrowed · forms: real americans, real britons, real indians, real people, true americans, true indians

ordinarily means: the claim that only some of a nation's people are its genuine members, as in 'real Americans' or 'true Indians'

Examples

Emergence

from: collective self boundary in-group out-group narrow member read real outside
through: The boundary is redrawn inside the membership: every member is still a member by the rules, but the self model keeps only some as the group, and the rest drop to outside.

Chain to foundations

realL2 real.actual: a thing that is in space and persists through timechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.memberL7 member.social: a person that is a part of a groupoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionbroughtL6 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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbercarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmodelL9 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.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movepeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchlikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.actL3 act.deed: do somethingpoint of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.out-groupL16 out-group.outside: Those a collective self reads as outside its boundary, whose walls it does not keep.wallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingscollective selfL15 collective-self.shared: A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one thing.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallboundaryL2 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.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placegroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacetimeL0 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 spacepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresetsL3 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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.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.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsin-groupL16 in-group.inside: The members a collective self reads as inside its boundary.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinglineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacemessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitygoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.acrossL13 across.spatial: from one side of a space to the other sidedirectionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goesstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryreal peopleL17 real-people.narrowed: A collective self that narrows its boundary to the members it reads as real members, so that its other members read as outside it.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 differences
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Neighborhood

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

built from — 1 more not shownreal peopleL17real-people.narrowed — A collective self that narrows its boundary to the members it reads as real members, so that its other members read as ocollective selfL15collective-self.shared — A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.in-groupL16in-group.inside — The members a collective self reads as inside its boundary.out-groupL16out-group.outside — Those a collective self reads as outside its boundary, whose walls it does not keep.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.memberL7member.social — a person that is a part of a groupreadL7read.information — when entities sees and makes informationrealL2real.actual — a thing that is in space and persists through time

Relations

contrasts-withsecond-class-citizens.lessersecond class citizens are kept inside for duties and outside for protection; real people drops the others from the group itself
contrasts-withnot-one-of-us.unlikenot one of us reads one person out by likeness; real people redraws the whole group's core

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md