#6 - Classical Roman architecture is beautiful, primarily

[Dancingbambarina]

Hey Dancing,

There is a sort of part to whole flaw here, but I wouldn't put it in either of the terms you used. I'll explain it with a different example, and you let me know if it makes sense.

Imagine you have two buckets. Bucket 1 is filled with sand and 1 small diamond. We might say Bucket 1's contents are valuable, primarily becuase it contains a diamond. Bucket 2 is filled with cotton balls and a very heavy rock. We could say Bucket 2's contents are heavy, primarily becuase it contains that rock.

Now imagine we decide to combine some of the contents of these buckets into a new bucket - Bucket 3. What will the characteristics of that bucket be? If we assume we are transfering the diamond and the rock into Bucket 3, then sure, we can say it will be valuable and heavy. However, given that we could also transfer a handfull of sand from Bucket 1 and some cotton balls from Bucket 2, it's also entirely possible that Bucket 3 will be neither valuable nor heavy. Just because we are taking some elements of each bucket, does not mean that the combination will retain certain qualities of the original buckets.

Does that make sense and answer your question?

Great, thank you so much Dana! I think if I'm being honest I am still just tweaking how there is indeed a part to whole flaw here, and yet it's not also the right answer. But i Will familiarize myself with the clear nuances.

Thank you again!