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If one is naive to the fire in the house, the egg on the counter, as something worthy of concern, might get them to look around and see that their house is not
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
If one is naive to the fire in the house, the egg on the counter, as something worthy of concern, might get them to look around and see that their house is not actually suitable for use as shelter. People who are trying to put out the fire (or who are simply concerned about it while watching from a distance) might decide to point to the spoiled egg to spread awareness of the fire to the people inside.
- ToValueFunfetti 1y agoI think you have to change or abandon the metaphor to make your point. These are not true statements of spoiled eggs and house fires, and so much so as to make a reasonable claim about institutions and malfeasance look absurd.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> These are not true statements of spoiled eggs and house fires, and so much so as to make a reasonable claim about institutions and malfeasance look absurd. True, but I disagree with the conclusion. When I try to map it back to reality and it doesn't make sense, it is indeed an indictment of the analogy. But the fact I have to abuse the analogy to make that mapping coherent is not my problem; it's not my analogy. However, within the context of the analogy, and if one can imagine that absolutely insane scenario, the logic holds.