Holistic Thinking

A wholistic hole on Mars

 

I've known what Holistic means for a long time but for some reason it just struck me today that it is
misspelled. Here is one definition I found:

Philosophy
Characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

Medicine
Characterized by the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease.
  
Definitions from: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/holistic

You can see where I'm going by the words I highlighted in the definition. Holistic should be spelled Wholistic. Even as I type that, Blogger says it is a misspelling. Well, it's not. Everyone is wrong but me. I'm sorry to break it to you, world, but I'm going to stand my ground on this one.

Now, if you are interested in studying the illnesses of people who work in coal mines or if your philosophy is covering deep subjects or you are wondering just how far down the Colorado River is when you're standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon, you are welcome to use Holistic to name your studies. Otherwise, you need to be talking about Wholistic Medicine or a Wholistic Approach to combat global warming[corrected misspelling 07DEC2022].

The picture here is from NASA: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140309.html

Yes, I'm off to a bad start this year for writing in my blog. And this post is not going to encourage anyone to stick with me. But this is it, folks. This is how my mind works.