The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[John 6IX Breezy]

Yes, and something may be incapable of being reduced along certain lines and not be irreducible.  Irreducibility is all or nothing.  It is only irreducible if it is not reducible given all methods.

I agree irreducible implies something wholistic. But how many partial failures does it take for it to be significant? The paper I referenced overviews about a dozen disorders. And yet one dysfunction alone creates a wholistic obstruction to reduction. Perhaps a solution to each obstruction exists, and if it's presented I'll be open to it.