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> "scale-dependent capabilities" implies inference from elements.

Don't confuse the post-hoc explanation with an a priori inference. We can post-hoc explain water's emergent liquidity property using modern quantum theories, but that doesn't mean we could have inferred it if given Schrodinger's equation and the atomic structure of hydrogen and oxygen.

"Scale-dependent capability" is a post-hoc explanation that of course looks obvious in hindsight, just like liquidity and pressure looks obvious in hindsight once you understand electromagnetism and atomic theory.