A Couple Problems Of Temporal Physics:

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11/23/03 How nature works can be approached several ways.   Physics conventionally studies the universal properties of things and how those properties are mathematically related and evolve.  Temporal physics studies the unique local properties of things their properties and how they evolve.  

Why are natural systems resilient?  You could use the tautological argument of evolution that only what is resilient survives to be observed, so that's all we observe.   You might more constructively observe that the resources for one thing are the by-products of others (interdependence) and that these tokens are exchanged through common mediums; blood, pond, niche, air, ocean, land etc.   This creates a general condition of abundance, where things that rely on each other can also operate quite independently. 

When does property emergence occur?   Organization is the source of properties, and organization always starts small and develops.  One typical evidence of organizational development is emerging continuity, time traces displaying successive derivatives of the same sign (growth trend), indicating systemization.