Quote from: R2D221 on February 04, 2015, 05:35:15 PM

Quote from: balu2 on February 04, 2015, 05:30:21 PM

at least not climatechange

Do I need to spell it out for you?

a·nal·o·gy
/əˈnaləjē/

noun
noun: analogy; plural noun: analogies

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"

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

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

Logic
a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects.

synonyms: similarity, parallel, correspondence, likeness, resemblance, correlation, relation, kinship, equivalence, similitude, metaphor, simile
"there's a thinly veiled analogy between his fiction and his real life"

antonyms: dissimilarity

Linguistics
a process by which new words and inflections are created on the basis of regularities in the form of existing ones.

Biology
the resemblance of function between organs that have a different evolutionary origin.

false analogy:
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/falsean.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_analogy

just to draw an analogy doesn't make your analogy an argument. I can compare bitcoin to the weather too and draw all kinds of conclusions.

Good night. Cool