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Prions are like gamma-induced bit flips, Viroids are like small code patches, and Viruses are self-deploying code patches.

• jvanderbot 8y ago
  What blows my mind is these aren't really analogies, they are in fact mostly truth.
  • thinkpad20 8y ago
    To be precise, these aren’t really analogies, they are in fact similes. :)
    • kenbellows 8y ago
      To be precise, similes are a type of analogy