It's v difficult to make analogies on Twitter. Ppl always point out that things I'm comparing in one way are different in other ways.
So if someone makes an analogy between, say, privilege theory & the Christian concept of original sin, look at the similarities claimed...
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And agree or disagree with that, rather than pointing out the differences in origin, location, impact on society, demographic affected etc.
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(It was James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian who made that analogy, btw)
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They are! And yet some people will miss the point & go on about them arising in different historical & geographical locations.
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Or it could be something completely different. Some people just don't get how analogies work.
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Yeah, I've argued about this many times on here. Valid analogies only need 1 hinging similarity.
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A false analogy is when you switch from 1 property of the analogy to another that isn't similar.
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