295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality

3552.676 - 3578.135 Sean Carroll

And the reason why is because we know exactly what the map is. We have a formula. We have equations for saying given some collection of atoms doing certain things, here's what the pressure is. Here's what the emergent temperature and density and velocity are. And the existence of such a simple relation, such a simple explicitly write-downable emergence map rubs some people the wrong way.