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Reasoning by analogy is great for intuition, but doesn’t guarantee real results hold. Consider “voltage is like water pressure in pipes, so if there’s a cut in
by pinkmuffinere 11mo ago
Reasoning by analogy is great for intuition, but doesn’t guarantee real results hold. Consider “voltage is like water pressure in pipes, so if there’s a cut in my wire’s insulation, the device won’t get enough voltage” — clearly this is not true, even though it relies on an analogy that’s generally useful.
- alwa 11mo agoI really like that analogy, thank you for it. Also applies to “it’s overvoltage, so I just need to poke a little hole in it to let the excess bleed out”…
- wat10000 11mo agoThat one can work, briefly, depending on how conductive your tool is.
- CamperBob2 11mo agoWell, corona losses are a thing, after all.
- harpiaharpyja 11mo agoIf air was highly conductive that analogy would totally hold. "If there’s a cut in my wire’s insulation, the device won’t get enough voltage" doesn't follow from: "voltage is like water pressure in pipes" So I don't really get your point.
- pinkmuffinere 11mo ago> "If there’s a cut in my wire’s insulation, the device won’t get enough voltage" doesn't follow from: "voltage is like water pressure in pipes" I absolutely agree! In the same way, "an LLM can solve complex problems if it breaks them into subtasks" doesn't follow from "NASA breaks large projects into smaller parts"