More insight from Wikipedia: > The term synergy was refined by R. Buckminster Fuller, who analyzed some of its implications more fully[9] and coined the term s

More insight from Wikipedia: > The term synergy was refined by R. Buckminster Fuller, who analyzed some of its implications more fully[9] and coined the term synergetics.[9] > * A dynamic state in which combined action is favored over the difference of individual component actions. > * Behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken separately, known as emergent behavior. > * The cooperative action of two or more stimuli (or drugs), resulting in a different or greater response than that of the individual stimuli.