in case you aren't aware of how much of a geek i am, that's a good thing

also it gave me thoughts because "emergence" is a link

"emergence occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their own, and emerge only when they interact in a wider whole."

a thing i perhaps should have remembered, but did not, but now have thoughts about re: the emergent reality

the wiki page is also linked up with chaos theory, which amuses me because when i was a tween reading Jurassic Park i was OBSESSED with chaos theory, and have sort of never read much about it since, so getting back to inspecting it through a conversation with a robot about determinism feels just...fascinating