Analogies obviously don't hold for many cases. But it's a good entry point to explain some basic concepts such as the Central Dogma. I am a biologist who has to

Analogies obviously don't hold for many cases. But it's a good entry point to explain some basic concepts such as the Central Dogma. I am a biologist who has to teach molecular biology to computer scientists in our Bioinformatics department. It was the only way to bridge the gap. Once we got it we could start on the more detailed stuff.