First, define your terms. A wheel is a circular object that rotates. A door is a hinged or sliding barrier that opens an entrance.
Simple, right? Wrong. The trick is in the details. Is a toy car’s wheel a real wheel? Is a cat flap a door?
The internet has been fighting about this for years. People have built spreadsheets. They’ve created whole websites dedicated to the math. All for a question with no real answer.
The Case for Wheels
Team Wheels has a killer argument: legos. Think about it. Every single lego vehicle in the world has four tiny wheels. There are billions of lego bricks.
Then there are office chairs. Every swivel chair has five wheels. That’s five wheels per chair in every cubicle on Earth.
Suitcases, shopping carts, roller skates. Don’t forget casters on furniture. Every single one counts. The sheer volume of wheels in factories, airports, and hospitals is mind-blowing.
The Case for Doors
Team Doors fights back with context. A house has maybe four wheels (if you count the washing machine). But it has how many doors? A front door, a back door, closet doors, bathroom door.
Then think about everything else. Your microwave has a door. Your refrigerator has a door. Your dishwasher, oven, and washing machine all have doors.
Cupboards, cabinets, and drawers? Drawers are basically horizontal doors. If you count elevator doors, revolving restaurant doors, and car doors, the list never ends. A single office building might have ten thousand doors.
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