(It was James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian who made that analogy, btw)
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Replying to @DurinnMcFurren
They are! And yet some people will miss the point & go on about them arising in different historical & geographical locations.
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Replying to @DurinnMcFurren
Or it could be something completely different. Some people just don't get how analogies work.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DurinnMcFurren
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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E.g. Tea with milk and coffee are both hot liquids so coffee must taste like crap too. :p
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