What is the most enigmatic phenomenon in the universe "Emergence"? Why does it have more meaning than "collection of individuals" by gathering insignificant things

byJelene Morris

A phenomenon that a creature having a small brain like a ant becomes a group so that it has characteristics exceeding mere "group of individuals", it becomes possible to make a complex nest or form an army and fight "EmergenceI call it. Picture book "SwimmyIt is said to be one form of emergence, but this emergence can be observed everywhere, such as molecular level and human society. About "emergence" which can be said as the fundamental principle of the universe, YouTube's science channel "Kurzgesagt"Explains it.

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Ali's brain is small, so ants can act with will and can not plan.


However, colonies with multiple ants have an incredibly complex structure.


There are places where "farm" consisting of fungus exists in the colony, room to nurture the larva ... ...


As individuals, even if their strength is weak, ants can form troops and fight against enemies.


In this way, a phenomenon that can be provided with another dimensionality beyond mere "collection of individuals" as a group as insignificant as a single body is called "emergence". Emergence is not limited to the example of ants and colonies, but it is scattered everywhere in the universe.


For example, "water" has different properties in molecules and their aggregates.


When we close up the situation of "wet", there is actually no "wet" thing. The condition that the clothes are wet is merely the presence of water molecules in the gaps between the clothing atoms.


"Wetting" is one form of emergence of water that is created by mutual interaction of each molecule.


And, emergence is repeated many times, like a layer, one after another creating new "characteristics". By repeating emergence, it is possible for simple individuals to ultimately create complex structures.


The atom makes a molecule ......


Molecule makes protein ... ...


Protein makes cells ......


Cells make internal organs ......


Internal organs make one person, and so on.


And as each person gathers, a complex "society" is born. So, when you repeat emergence to make complex things, what rules are there?


I will look at the case of ants. Ali assumes that there are four roles of "worker" "answering machine" "soldier" "collector", each of which has 25% of the total.


Ali let the companions know about what kind of work yourself is with chemicals emanating from the body. When two ants encounter, we check each job with chemicals emitted from each other.


However, if Ariquai eats a lot of ants in the role of collecting food, the whole balance will collapse.


If you leave it alone, food is insufficient with colonies, and as many ants are starved to death, it is necessary to change roles within ants. Ali would not do such communication, although I'd like to tell my friends that "We have to change roles and go get food!"


What Ali does is to release the same odor role as a chemical as before.


When the collector becomes zero, the chemicals are completely gone. Therefore, when the reduction of collecting roles becomes a dangerous line, ants of the role such as soldiers, workers, and answering machines will release chemicals of the collector and collect food until they are balanced.


At this time, the action caused by the individual and the reaction to it are random and can not be predicted.


The same is true for atoms and molecules, and millions of complex molecules cause mutual reactions to create complex structures. Human cells are also one of the ones born as a result of emergence.


People have yet to derive a clear definition of "What is life?", But it is certain that it is being created by the emergence of "inanimate objects".


And multiple cells interact with each other, and repeatedly emerging, repeatedly emerging, it creates incredibly complicated structures such as arms, heart, and legs from trillions of insignificant things.


And we can breathe, digest food and watch YouTube movies.


Pacemaker cells that contract the ventricle create billions of cells and produce heart sounds by generating stimuli at the right time.


And at this time, the pacemaker cells release chemical information to know what neighboring cells are going to do and decide what they do.


If more than one cell is involved in a task, this interaction initiates the task and multiple cells are synchronized.


There is no such thing as "sending a command" here. A unit communicates with neighboring units and activities are only performed based on received feedback.


And like the ant colony, it was human society, the country that was created by emergence. To the question that the country is something, you can return a lot of answers such as 'population' 'facility' 'national flag' 'nation' 'gathering of cities' 'land to be contained'.


However, all physical things are fluid. The facility has changed, the town has been reworked, the boundary lines are reworked and symbolized by new symbols.


Because there are no face and no brain in the country, it is hard to define compared with humans. However, it exists in reality indeed and continues to interact with the world.


Changing the landscape, doing war, prosperity and decline, there may be no existence.


However, there is "existence" there because many people live and interact repeatedly in the country. In addition to the country, many things are emerging from us, regardless of whether they intend, such as community, company, society or not.


Everything in our surroundings has properties that are different from apes, created by gathering apolitical apes. The reasons for why such emergence occurs are not clear, but "emergence" continues to exist as the fundamental nature of the universe.