A tale of two very different audiences... Amazing to compare this thread to my own. @ScottAdamsSayshttps://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/887700038155030530 …
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There's one reason for Trump's success that needs no analogies: he's a trust fund baby. Had he been born poor with the same "skill" set?

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Like all the other trust fund babies whose skills and accomplishments are comparable to Trump's?
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The ability to persuade people by lying to them is not a talent we should respect. How on earth can you promote it?
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I guess we'll have to buy his book to find out. Oh, wait...
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I suspect they're not persuasive because it's easy for people to deny the two cases are analogous in the right respects.
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I'm unconvinced. Perhaps with the right analogy you could persuade me.
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Indeed!! Lol
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Scott has a much broader definition of "persuasion" than myself. His includes various shades of hyperbole and lying, mine does not.
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All analogies are tools. All tools have a certain usefulness. Therefore all analogies have a certain usefulness.
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But do you need to new concept to complete the persuasion? If that's the case, it seems like their job might be a little more important
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