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darkwater on Feb 7, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's time to admit that genes are not the blueprin...

I knew someone would nitpick on the chosen time-range, missing the point. Let say 25, or 30, or whatever.

thaumasiotes on Feb 7, 2024 [–]

> The philosopher G. H. Lewes coined the term "emergent" in 1875, distinguishing it from the merely "resultant"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

The word is 150 years old; the concept is older than we can determine.

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