When people say "emergence" they either believe in magic, or really mean "these complicated equations produce simpler-than-chaos patterns"
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. Using the word "emergence" has one very important virtue. It can help you remember that such processes are not steered w/o surprises.
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Or "higher level of abstraction". Chemistry is the emergent properties of physics, biology the emergent properties of chem/phys, etc.
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technically defensible use common in physics -- "you can produce this macro behavior with some wiggle room in the microscopic detail"
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#scifi author Arthur C. Clarke 3rd law "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27
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