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thats a good observation, yes, an antagonistic audience is likely to derail your point by focusing on the ways in which the things compared are dissimilar, even
by vmception 5y ago
thats a good observation, yes, an antagonistic audience is likely to derail your point by focusing on the ways in which the things compared are dissimilar, even though analogies only compare the ways they are similar and requires the listener to figure out which ways those are, while ignoring the dissimilarities.
I often just mention that definition. I actually get really far by avoiding certain polarizing words and just saying the definition of the word. Flies right under the radar.
- jmckib 5y agoYep, "false equivalence" is the response I always get from an antagonistic audience when I try to use an analogy. Of course an analogy is not an equivalence, but that gets conveniently ignored. These days I just make the most direct argument possible and avoid analogies altogether, or else we end up in an argument about what an analogy actually is. Analogies work a lot better during a disagreement if the person you're disagreeing with is operating in good faith, which unfortunately most humans aren't able to do when their views are being challenged.