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0 pointspdog8y ago0 comments

At best, metaphors are a useful mnemonic device. If they had any value or explanatory power, they'd be used in science. But they're not.

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I see scientists using them all the time. For example, Stephen Hawking has described the universe as being like the surface of a balloon.

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0 pointspdog8y ago0 comments

At best, metaphors are a useful mnemonic device. If they had any value or explanatory power, they'd be used in science. But they're not.

I see scientists using them all the time. For example, Stephen Hawking has described the universe as being like the surface of a balloon.

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