Suppose I present a concrete non-rigorous analogy: “A chain letter is like an organism with a habitat of human minds.”. What is the easy challenge that I have left myself open to? I already freely conceded that it was non-rigorous.
You leave yourself open to the reply that the non-rigorousness of the analogy makes it useless or even pernicious. Owning up to a fault doesn’t make it go away.
Suppose I present a concrete non-rigorous analogy: “A chain letter is like an organism with a habitat of human minds.”. What is the easy challenge that I have left myself open to? I already freely conceded that it was non-rigorous.
Johnicholas:
You leave yourself open to the reply that the non-rigorousness of the analogy makes it useless or even pernicious. Owning up to a fault doesn’t make it go away.
Congratulations, you have just reduced the proper use of humility to a single proverb. I shall endeavor to go around repeating this.