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[OngBonga]

What do you think an analogy is, apart from a fancy word for comparison?

It's a reasonable comparison. The more reasonable the comparison, the better the analogy.

[Poopadoop]

It's a reasonable comparison. The more reasonable the comparison, the better the analogy.

There's nothing in there about that except the bold.

Also, a logical analogy is not 'better' or 'worse' it's either valid or invalid.


analogy
/əˈnalədʒi/
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noun
noun: analogy; plural noun: analogies

1. a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"

2. a correspondence or partial similarity.
"the syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia"

3. a thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects.
"works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature"

4. Logic
a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects.
"argument from analogy"



Let me help you connect the dots further here:

reasonable
/ˈriːz(ə)nəb(ə)l/
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adjective
adjective: reasonable

1.
having sound judgement; fair and sensible.
"no reasonable person could have objected"


based on good sense.
"it seems a reasonable enough request"
archaic

able to reason logically.
"man is by nature reasonable"

2.
as much as is appropriate or fair; moderate.


So, using the definition of analogy from logic (I'll leave it to you to look up logic and what it means re: arguments, 'cause I don't have all day to teach you for free), which is certainly going beyond any simple comparison, a reasonable analogy would be a logical one. It has nothing to do with appropriateness of scale. A:a is logically just as analagous to tree:sapling as it is to universe: proton.

[OngBonga]

It's interesting you keep saying "direct comparison", as though I've used that phrase.

I haven't. That's you adding that word in to support your flawed argument.

[Poopadoop]

It's interesting you keep saying "direct comparison", as though I've used that phrase.

I haven't. That's you adding that word in to support your flawed argument.

All I've done is point out that my analogy is logically valid using the dictionary definition of a logical analogy. Do you agree with that or not?