Unfortunately, the part left out of the analogy - that which is different - tends to be the more complex part. So although we may be able to establish a baseli

Unfortunately, the part left out of the analogy - that which is different - tends to be the more complex part. So although we may be able to establish a baseline along analogous terms - and may be able to use that understanding adequately well in explaining the deeper concepts (or underlying truth) we do need to get to a point of understanding where whatever analogies we used to scaffold out explanation can be discarded. Which leaves me wondering the depths to which we must be expected to delve to explain a deeply technical subject matter in a university context - and what the scaffold actually achieves.