““Indeed, we humans bear witness to the process of evolution in the very composition of our bodies. The calcium that gives solidity to our bones, the iron that lets our blood carry oxygen to our brains, the sodium and potassium that make possible the transmission of impulses along our nerves, all of these elements were formed inside a star that had its own birth and life and death, hurling its remains outward in a supernova explosion billions of years ago.””
![“Emergent properties can seem magical because they do not seem to arise from the component parts of a structure. [...] Thought [...] seems to be an emergent property of the organization of neurons in brains. [...] “Emergent properties” arise from a particular arrangement of components—they do not…” quote by Steven J. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b3/steven-j-dick-55694_cosmology_emergent-properties-can-seem-magical-bec_1090077.jpg)
