December 01, 2004

Ask Tim: The Whole: Greater than the sum of parts? An investigation: by Tim

An astute Steve Sanders lookalike has asked the following question:
I'm sure you have heard of the popular phrase, "The whole... is worth more than the sum of the parts." Can you come up with an emperical formula to prove this?

Wow, that's a difficult question. On the Putnam test that would be worth quite a few points. I think I can best answer it with an example. The Peach Pit is a Beverly Hills restaurant/hangout that is very popular. What is the Peach Pit made of? Well, table tops, booths, stools, a jukebox, waitresses, migrant workers, etc. Each of these things considered as an individual is basically worthless. Brenda Walsh wouldn't hang out at a single stool. However, if you put them all together, they have a synergy that is undeniable. The only thing that could derail it is if for some reason they decide to split up Beverly Hills into another zip code. Then the shit would hit the fan. Posted by mill1991 at December 1, 2004 10:17 AM | TrackBack

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And all this time I thought Joynt was referring to the dearly departed former Oak Ridge Boys lead singer, Steve Sanders ( http://elvispelvis.com/stevesanders.htm ).Man I loved those guys. Instead it was the 90210 hunk Steve Sanders, damn.
DAD

Posted by: #1 DAD at December 3, 2004 12:13 PM
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