Emergence

A property of complex systems where the whole exhibits characteristics that cannot be derived from or predicted by the properties of individual components alone. Such properties arise only when components interact at a critical scale or complexity threshold.

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Related principles

• → Links
  From Reductionism to Systems Thinking
• ↗ Extends
  Tipping Point / System Phase Transition
• → Links
  Systematic Underestimation of Hidden Variables
• ↺ Counters
  First Principles Decomposition