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Off topic question: is there a word or phrase for this conversation? Something to describe arguing about the issue at hand completely through the metaphor and
by Dwolb 8y ago
Off topic question: is there a word or phrase for this conversation?
Something to describe arguing about the issue at hand completely through the metaphor and not directly referring to the issue at hand.
- luckydata 8y ago"Hackernewsing"
- gxs 8y agoThe word is pretty much analogy and counter analogy. See this wikipedia article that discusses it in the context of logic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_analogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_analogy
- peterclary 8y agoDarmoking?