I agree Maggie's talk wasn't arguing against metaphors. I had to watch it to find out ;)
I also agree with you about the point of the blog post, it just wasn't very clear when I first posted. I see Julia has since re-written parts of it, for example removing Maggie's "frivolous" quote, which was a bit misleading for those of us who hadn't listened to her talk.
I must have commented in those moments between Julia editing the post and you editing your comment. Thanks for clarifying!
> Why would I pollute my [concepts] with these fuzzy misleading stories that are completely unrelated?”
> And I definitely wonder this sometimes! I really like explaining things in straightforward ways.
Pollute, misleading, unrelated are not words I associate with merely "being aware". An overly charitable reading I think.
I believe the goal of this blog post was a fun exploration to try to explicitly consider the ways we use these cognitive metaphors in our technical language, so as to be more aware of them and to able to use them more effectively in communication.