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>I suspect that metaphors are the tools of cargo cults while analogies are the tools used by those that actually understand a system in order to convey it to th

>I suspect that metaphors are the tools of cargo cults while analogies are the tools used by those that actually understand a system in order to convey it to those that do not. Are the metaphors actual tools, or more like metaphorical tools?

fallous 8y ago
Crappy tools are still tools.
- letlambda 8y ago
  It's a metaphor, metaphors aren't literally physical work implements.
  - fallous 8y ago
    And tools are not limited to physical implements.
    - letlambda 8y ago
      They aren't, we can easily extend the concept by using it as metaphor.