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Why, pray tell, would a similar series of events be relevant to a completely different series of events except as analogy? Let me use an extremely close analogy
by pessimizer 1y ago
Why, pray tell, would a similar series of events be relevant to a completely different series of events except as analogy? Let me use an extremely close analogy to illustrate:
Imagine someone shot a basketball, and it didn't go into the hoop. Why would telling a story about somebody else who once shot a basketball which failed to go into the hoop be helpful or relevant?
- cgriswald 1y agoYour extremely close analogy gets to the crux of why people are disagreeing here: It doesn’t have to be analogy. You can be pointing out an equivalence.
- therobots927 1y agoRegardless this was my whole point. The original point was a fallacy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence
- cgriswald 1y agoI'd be interested in your reason for thinking so but I think you can see your supporting argument is not compelling: > And comparing digging through the ground to human thought and creativity is an odd mix of self debasement and arrogance. > I'm guessing there is an unspoken financial incentive guiding your point of view.
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