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Saturday, September 8, 2007

Rules for Bad Analogies, part II

Rule 3. Recognize that half of what you know is inaccurate, and the other half is subject to interpretation.
Rule 4. Recognize that it is hard to compare something you are immersed in with something you experienced second hand.
(all credit to wjw)
Posted by The Dancing Page at 8:02 AM

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