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I do not care if you do it or not.

But you said you will and you have not. So i am asking why or where you have done it, encase i missed it.

And yes i am quite for real, how many posts does it take till something gets through your skull? You made a false analogy and i explained why its a false analogy in the very thread you made it. And my explanation includes how its an analogy. But you refuse to quote it after i told you its there 3 times, you instead quote the same post over and over, for no fucking reason and involved ana out of the blue. You sound insane to me.

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Well good morning. I thought you went to bed.

I was busy with more important things than this silly internet argument about logic and semantic reasoning.

But if it makes you feel better I'm back now. XD

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For someone with an exquisite eye for detail and nuance, interested if you would confirm an idea for me;

1. Insanity is more often than not the inconsistent inconsistency, whereas 

2. Donning the mask of insanity, is inconsistent consistency

...like the subtlety between compulsive vs pathological bs...#1 cannot see itself, where as #2 spots #1 with great ease...

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lol

Insanity is a legal defense, silly. It has jackshit fuckall to do with the actual terms that bona fide psych professionals use to classify, define and dx mental illness.

xP

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Anyhoodle... A more thorough definition of the term "analogy" with examples:

 

 

Analogy Definition

An analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar.

 

Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw an analogy. Therefore, analogy is more extensive and elaborate than either a simile or a metaphor. Consider the following example:

“Structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun.”

Here an atomic structure is compared to a solar system by using “like”. Therefore, it is a simile.Metaphor is used to relate the nucleus to the sun and the electrons to the planets without using words “like” or “as’. Hence, similes and metaphors are employed to develop an analogy.

Examples of Analogy from Everyday life

We use analogy in our everyday conversation. Some common analogy examples are given below:

  • Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses.
  • Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.
  • How a doctor diagnoses diseases is like how a detective investigates crimes.
  • Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone.
  • You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard.
  • Analogy Examples in Literature
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Below are a few examples of analogy in literature:

Examples #1

The given lines are from Amy Lowell’s poem “Night Clouds”.

“The white mares of the moon rush along the sky
Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass Heavens.”

The poetess constructs the analogy between clouds and mares. She compares the movement of the white clouds in the sky at night with that of the white mares on the ground.

Examples #2

The lines below were taken from George Orwell’s narrative essay â€œA Hanging” where it exhibits an analogy between a prisoner and a fish.

“They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water.”

The people are taking a prisoner to the gallows to be hanged. They are holding him firmly as if he were a fish which might slip and escape.

Examples #3

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses analogy in the below lines taken from his poem “The Day Is Done”.

“Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start.”

He relates his poems to the summer showers and tears from the eyes. He develops the similarity to show spontaneity of art when it directly comes out from the heart of an artist.

 

 

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I am curious, tho. What about this definition confused you so much that you thought it had anything to do with my sentence deconstruction, above?

 

False Analogy

 

Disciplines Argument > Fallacies > False Analogy

Description | Discussion | Example | See also

 

Description

X has property Y. Z  is like X. Z therefore has property Y.

Use analogical comparisons to connect the item in question to another item that has desired characteristics. You can then claim that the first item has the desired property.

Example

People are like dogs. They respond best to clear discipline.

This soap is like a dream. It lifts you up to a spiritual plane.

A school is not so different from a business. It needs a clear competitive strategy that will lead to profitable growth.

Discussion

Analogy is saying 'A is like B' and is a powerful way of explaining one thing in terms of another. Where it falls down is when A is assumed to be like B in all respects and any attribute or characteristic of B can be unequivocally attributed to A.

In the false metaphor variant, the comparison is metaphoric. As analogies say 'A is like B', metaphors say 'A is B'.

  • Analogy: She is like a dog
  • Metaphor: She is a dog

The effect is still the same: the attributes of the analogy or metaphor are brought back to the original subject. The major difference is that in a metaphor, the equation is more explicit and direct.

The typical fallacy in this is that the comparison is not a good one and creates significant falsehood.

Classification

AnalogyInductiveFalsehood

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Oops.  Failed to read the whole thing, sorry.  This post is here because I can't delete it now.

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Primal stated: source post

lol this fucking cracked me up

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You said you wanted clarification.

I gave it to you.

Now you don't give a shit.

You contradict yourself a lot. Especially when somebody goes out of their way to post a creative response to your rhetorical questions.

But at least you went out of your way to post a gif to prove how many fucks you don't give 

 

 

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