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A '''binding energy''' is the negative [[potential energy]] (''i.e.'', energy debt) pulling a bound system together.<ref name = "PotEnIsNeg">[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/phase.html#c4 Why is the Potential Energy Negative?] ''HyperPhysics''</ref> Conversely, an '''unbinding energy''' is the positive actual energy required to disassemble a bound system into separate p(contracted; show full)
[[File:Cerebrum animation small.gif|thumb|center|"The mushroom stands at the end of history. It stands for an object that pulls all history toward itself."
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"The human neocortex is the most densely ramified and complexified structure in the known universe."
—<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Terence_McKenna&oldid=2251202 Terence McKenna]]]
In [[systems theory]],
 the binding energy is known as [[wikiquote:Synergy|synergy]].<ref>Dillon, John Andrew. (Society for General Systems Research), [https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22This+variable+C+is+composed+of+an+informational+measure+I+describing+the+variety%22&num=10 Proceedings of the International Conference on Mental Images, Values, & Reality]. Vol. 1, Intersystems Publications, 1986, p. D-7. "Depending on the initial condition of the system (initial  alphabet and number of elem(contracted; show full)
==External links==
*[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/nucbin.html Nuclear Binding Energy]

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