# choice (decision)

an option that is selected among other options

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday concept  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [options](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-options.choice), [select](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-select.choice)

**Through:** the option is selected among other options

**Novel properties:**
- personal preference
- commitment to act

## Examples
- The Mars rover Opportunity executed a pre-programmed course correction when its solar charge dropped below 22 volts. *(engineering)*
- In 2008, Iceland's government chose to let Kaupthing Bank fail rather than bail it out. *(economics)*
- A neuron fires when membrane potential reaches −55 mV, overriding other possible ion channel states. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [choose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choose.decision) (L10)
- [decision](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-decision.cognitive) (L10)
- [executive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-executive.role) (L14)
- [instead](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-instead.alternative) (L10)
- [menu](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-menu.list) (L11)

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