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In general, arguments by analogy tend to get hung up on the aptness of the analogy. I find it helps short-circuit a lot of long, unproductive discussions at wor
by s3cur3 7y ago
In general, arguments by analogy tend to get hung up on the aptness of the analogy. I find it helps short-circuit a lot of long, unproductive discussions at work by just straightforwardly stating my thoughts—“we should do x because y,” rather than “system A is like system B (which does x because y), so we should do x.”
- 32gbsd 7y agosometimes the length of the discussion is the entire goal especially on social media; https://www.owensoft.net/v4/item/2456/ https://www.owensoft.net/v4/item/2456/