It's a workable analogy but it can be dangerous when taken too
   far. I use it myself a lot as well as it's easy to make the
   comparisons. I have a slight obsession over proper use of
   analogies, because a train-of-thought can end up with very
   strange conclusions that _seem_ plausible, all because someone
   forgot they were using an analogy rather than the 'real thing'.

   People get lost in the analogy and go too far and don't even see
   it. This here was one of the best things I've ever read
   concerning the danger of analogies and if you look around at how
   people conceptualize things, analogies-taken-too-far are
   everywhere. It's hard to get the clear thinking through it all
   sometimes.

   Yet I do it myself; I love that
   electricity/hydraulics/machinery/and something else - have
   nearly perfect analogues for each other; and I love exploring
   the LIMITS of where the analogies break down, and then go back
   and enjoy the realm where they fit.

   I do the same with computers/brains. I like knowing the limits
   of where it breaks down, and then enjoy swimming in the pool
   where they're very similar. But it's still important, IMO, to
   always keep in mind the proper order of things. Not having the
   proper order in mind, sometimes makes people afraid, or thinking
   there is something wrong with them - or wrong with the world -
   because reality doesn't seem to fit the analogy they believe.

   [1]https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm

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   1. https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm