> Conscious understanding is not required for implicit knowledge to emerge in a system and maintain itself Isn't this what most people (incorrectly, imo) call

> Conscious understanding is not required for implicit knowledge to emerge in a system and maintain itself Isn't this what most people (incorrectly, imo) call "knowledge"? The idea that "we know this", when "we" is not a thing that can know, as knowing can only occur in an individual. Still the collective is able to manage itself, little cogs in a big machine.