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Inherent vs Emergent Properties of the Cosmos

Inherent vs Emergent Properties of the Cosmos

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Which do you think are inherent vs emergent properties?


@Arkturos said
Which do you think are inherent vs emergent properties?
Chemistry is an inherent property; biology, on the other hand, is an emergent property of chemistry.


@moonbus said
Chemistry is an inherent property; biology, on the other hand, is an emergent property of chemistry.
Oh, yeah? And Who came up with chemistry?


@Arkturos said
Oh, yeah? And Who came up with chemistry?
No who, just is.


If I actually read, maybe someday I would skim through a summary of Alfred North Whitehead's Process and Reality just to see what I agreed or disagreed with.

On my side, I think some kind of mind and intelligence are more likely to be inherent properties of the Cosmos than not; however, I do get that one might object to "intuitive wisdom" for the same or similar reasons that one might object to "the wisdom of repugnance".