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Old 01-24-2008, 09:56 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Danlo View Post
The use of analogies like that is something that really bugs me. Yes it may be an effective teaching aid for children, but I feel that in general they tend to over-simplify what can be very complex concepts (ie. they promote mental laziness, discourage scrutiny and fail to treat the listener with respect).

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Yet many many people do noit understand the simple right infront of their face anologys
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