# insight (cognitive)

a model whose depth is a narrow window.

- Computed level: L19 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: cognitive  ·  Arena: epistemology

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [narrow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial), [depth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-depth.level)

**Through:** passive

**Novel properties:**
- depth_collapse

## Examples
- Einstein realized the equivalence of gravity and acceleration during a 1907 thought experiment while working at the Bern patent office. *(physics)*
- A radiologist identifies a tumor in a lung scan by focusing on a narrow slice of the 3D MRI data stack. *(medicine)*
- Linus Torvalds saw the need for a lightweight kernel while debugging a failing terminal emulator on his PC in 1991. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insight.cognitive*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insight.cognitive.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*