Any metaphor can have holes poked in it. Same as all narrative are reductive and leave out innumerable salient facts. The map is not the territory. It doesn'

Any metaphor can have holes poked in it. Same as all narrative are reductive and leave out innumerable salient facts. The map is not the territory. It doesn't mean analogies aren't useful. As a cross-country mountain biker and long-time software engineer, there is a hell of a lot of analogues between mental and physical endurance even if the activities are completely different.