That’s why I don’t find that disease is a very good analogy.
Some features of diseases are applicable to this situation—most aren’t, but if any of the features it does have recommend a treatment like social pressure, then ‘disease’ is a good enough analogy.
(For the record, I don’t think disease is a good analogy. The closest this situation comes to being a disease is that we don’t want them to have it; they want to keep it.)
Some features of diseases are applicable to this situation—most aren’t, but if any of the features it does have recommend a treatment like social pressure, then ‘disease’ is a good enough analogy.
(For the record, I don’t think disease is a good analogy. The closest this situation comes to being a disease is that we don’t want them to have it; they want to keep it.)