Re: More or Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
- From: "Clifford J. Nelson" <cjnelson9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:24:53 EST
>
> More or Less Than the Sum of Its
> s Than the Sum of Its Parts
> ~v~~
>
> If a thing can only be the sum of its parts how is it
> that a thing can
> be more or less than the sum of its parts?
>
> Let's suggest a puzzle. If human behavior in
> particular is only and
> can only be the sum of its parts and the human body
> is mostly water,
> then how is it that the cumulative behavior of
> humanity throughout its
> history has been other than the cumulative behavior
> of a comparable
> weight of water?
>
> It is apparent to me that the behavior of humanity
> throughout its
> history has been other than the cumulative behavior
> of a comparable
> weight of water because we use physics to describe
> behavior of water
> instead of psychology. And if the behavior of the
> water is described
> in terms of the sum of its parts, it is equally
> evident human behavior
> cannot be so described and must therefore be
> described in terms of
> differences between or among parts instead,
> differences which can be
> more or less than merely the sum of its parts.
>
> ~v~~
>
The word "synergy" is not jargon. See:
http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/synergetics/s01/p0100.html
Cliff Nelson
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