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The problem with the label "emergence" isn't that the phenomena does not occur. The problem is when people use the label "emergence" as a semantic stop sign, ending attempts at further explanation.
Airplanes flying through the air are an emergent property of quantum mechanics. That sentence standing alone tells you nothing useful about airplanes or quantum mechanics.
Also, discussion posts don't use Markdown. (I think they use HTML, but don't quote me).
Not entirely. The gravity plays its part here. The gravity is not inside the QM.
The sentence is fixed by replacing "quantum mechanics" with "elementary particles and fundamental fields". There isn't a good explanation yet as to how gravity is related to quantum mechanics, but we're pretty sure that they are related.
They do indeed use HTML.
Agreed, which is why I was trying to replace it by a "proceed with caution" sign with some specific directions.
One lives & learns - thanks.