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Emergence is a property of a system or aggregated whole which is not shared by components of the system or the constituents of that body. For example, “wetness” is a property of water, but not of any individual molecule of H<sub>2</sub>0.  
A property of a system or aggregated whole which is not shared by components of the system or the constituents of that body. For example, “wetness” is a property of water, but not of any individual molecule of H<sub>2</sub>0. Consciousness is an emergent property of neural activity, but the neurons firing across your cortex are not themselves conscious. [[Bureaucracy]] is an emergent property of a [[financial services]] organisation, though it may not be present, or ant any rate, obvious, in any of the individual communications within that organisation. Well, not many, anyway.


Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems. For instance, the phenomenon of life as studied in biology is an emergent property of chemistry, and psychological phenomena emerge from the neurobiological phenomena of living things.  
Emergence is important component in [[complex system]]s, which, as you may know, the [[JC]] has a bit of a thing about. For instance, the phenomenon of life as studied in biology is an emergent property of chemistry, and psychological phenomena emerge from the neurobiological phenomena of living things.  


{{author|Joe Norman}} with a great example of emergence and irreducibility at [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iX7DPthz47YdkPB7MWHJG? Risky Conversations]:
{{author|Joe Norman}} with a great example of emergence and irreducibility at [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iX7DPthz47YdkPB7MWHJG? Risky Conversations]: