Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster
by ksk on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:07PM
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Because those people haven't internalized the idea of an analogy. An analogy is necessarily an imperfect abstraction, and some people think finding out those imperfections means you somehow found a flaw somewhere. Their brain (not singling out our friend here, just people in general) goes towards the exceptions in a model, because its far easier to find superficial flaws than it is to realize deeper meaning.
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Re:The Internet of Things – A Disaster
by inopinatus on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:22PM
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This is a wonderful observation. It is a lesson that I took far too long to learn as a young and somewhat insecure programmer, thereby becoming entangled in many unproductive arguments.
Perhaps not this case, but analogies when used as persuasion devices, can get quite dangerous. It's important to realize when they are false, or misleading, or overly reductionist, in order not to fall for them.
I certainly fell for a few false ones in the past. Sometimes only deeper meaning is that someone's trying to manipulate you.