# choose (decision)

to select a choice among others

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: choose.decision  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [select](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-select.choice), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [choice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choice.decision), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities)

**Through:** Selecting a choice from distinct options that differ from one another creates the act of choosing.

**Novel properties:**
- selection among options
- distinction-based decision
- intentional differentiation

## Examples
- The Mars Rover Opportunity selected a path around the dune field in 2005 to continue its journey to Victoria Crater. *(engineering)*
- In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, voters in Georgia chose Joseph R. Biden Jr. over Donald J. Trump by a margin of 11,779 votes. *(institutions)*
- When presented with two levers, a lab rat in Skinner's 1948 experiment consistently chose the one delivering food reward. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [the compression claim](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-compression-claim.assertion) (L12)

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