research · investigation
Ask Prometheuswork that searches for information by interaction with matter in a system
Research (noun) means: work that searches for information by interaction with matter in a system. It emerges from work, search, information, interaction: Effortful searching gathers knowledge through interaction with matter within an organized system. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 7, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Large Hadron Collider at CERN collides protons to detect subatomic particles like the Higgs boson. physics
- The Human Genome Project mapped all 3.2 billion base pairs of human DNA between 1990 and 2003. biology
- Google’s PageRank algorithm analyzed hyperlink structures to rank web pages by relevance in 1998. computing
Emergence
through: Effortful searching gathers knowledge through interaction with matter within an organized system.
- discovery of unknown patterns
- structured empirical inquiry
- generation of testable knowledge
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (67 steps)
- researchL7
- workL3
- searchL4
- informationL6
- interactionL2
- matterL1
- systemL5
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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Relations
| enables | work.effort | is-a |
| abstracts | information.knowledge | enables |