> anthropormophizing is a useful metaphorical aid to help people understand Absolutely. So does simplification. Simplifying things to make them understandable

> anthropormophizing is a useful metaphorical aid to help people understand Absolutely. So does simplification. Simplifying things to make them understandable to non-experts is an incredibly important skill - ask any teacher (or their students, for that matter). The problem comes with oversimplification, simplifying explanations to a degree when they are just dead wrong. At that point, the simplification doesn't only not help with the understanding, it can actively hinder future understanding by suggesting that you have already understood (when in fact you haven't). This article over-anthropomorphizes.