Re: City of Beijing announces Job Gaurantee

[Bruce McFarling <ecbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:03 06/04/02 -0800, John O'Donnell wrote:
>None of my argument depend on imputing characteristics of a
>part to the whole beyond simply concluding that the whole is
>the sum of its parts and even that conclusion, while
>obviously true, is superfluous to my argument.

The whole is obviously more than the sum of the
parts, since the whole includes the organisation
of those parts.

Never mind, though.  If you think that it is self-evident
that the whole is the sum of its parts, that explains
your incapacity to build a macro model, so there's nothing
more to discuss.

Virtually,

Bruce McFarling, New Lambton, NSW
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