Well shit, I talked myself into arguing against holistic thinking. Hofstadter got it wrong. The opposite of holism is not reductionism (that still inherits the well-posedness delusion of holism). The opposite is fragmentism (shardism? disconnectionism? muttism? discordianism?)
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Shartism. Discordianism appears to be holistic in its atomization. As Rev. Thom York said, "Everything in its right place"
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I will investigate this assertion. If true, I will abandon Discordianism as not discordant enough for me.
No, neither atomic nor holistic, in some sense. And at the same time both, in some sense. “Stick apart is more fun when we do it together” - St. Mae
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