`X DEPENDS_ON Y` means X needs Y to operate *now* — not that they are historically associated. *`tool DEPENDS_ON metallurgy` was REJECTED: stone tools precede metallurgy by two million years; containing ore is not depending on the practice.*
III. Edges — the which-came-first test
Law 8: DEPENDS_ON.
`X DEPENDS_ON Y` means X needs Y to operate *now* — not that they are historically associated. *`tool DEPENDS_ON metallurgy` was REJECTED: stone tools precede metallurgy by two million years; containing ore is not depen…
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