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"whole greater than the sum of parts" to me means that (for instance) two people who take 2 hours to paint a house alone can paint it in :45 minutes (instead of 1 hour.. i.e. double the people doesn't mean half the time.. it actually makes more productivity because there's a synergistic effect). Energy and mass are still conserved (it still takes just as much paint, just as many paint strokes) but now the guy on the ladder doesn't have to climb up and down every time, since his partner doing the lower level can hand stuff to him.
In the same vein, as I double the number of neurons in my systems, the lifetime goes up exponentially (twice the neurons is four times the lifetime, for instance).
In the same vein, as I double the number of neurons in my systems, the lifetime goes up exponentially (twice the neurons is four times the lifetime, for instance).