I strongly disagree. The "thing" is not in the parts, nor even in the whole collection of the parts, BUT in how the parts connect with each other. I often thin

I strongly disagree. The "thing" is not in the parts, nor even in the whole collection of the parts, BUT in how the parts connect with each other. I often think about it like I have a rectangular area of 8 x 8 bricks on placed on their smaller side next to each other so each of them takes up a square area on the surface. Then I want to add something to my collection of bricks, I want to add information to it. So what do I add to it? I add nothing. Instead I take away some of those tiles. After that the missing pieces together form up some letter, say K, or any other. Now I have the information "K" which perhaps according to our agreed upon code means "OK". So I have added information to that square of tiles, by taking away some of them. I think that is marvelous. To say that "The Whole is bigger than its Parts" is catchy but not all there is to it. It is more apt to say "The Whole is the Collection of its Parts AND their Connections".