Is it an incomplete question, to ask, if it's a tangible error that people associate metaphors with other people?

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trokanmariel
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Is it an incomplete question, to ask, if it's a tangible error that people associate metaphors with other people?

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Is it an incomplete question, to ask, if it's a tangible error that people associate metaphors with other people?
Iwannaplato
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Re: Is it an incomplete question, to ask, if it's a tangible error that people associate metaphors with other people?

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I think it would be easier to engage in a response if there was an example or two and some fleshing out. A practical response, on my part.

I don't think it is a tangible error, necessarily. But one can mislead oneself and others with metaphors.

As a side but I think important issue: it is very hard to avoid using metaphors, living/new ones or dead ones.
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Re: Is it an incomplete question, to ask, if it's a tangible error that people associate metaphors with other people?

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Iwannaplato wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:05 am I think it would be easier to engage in a response if there was an example or two and some fleshing out. A practical response, on my part.

I don't think it is a tangible error, necessarily. But one can mislead oneself and others with metaphors.

As a side but I think important issue: it is very hard to avoid using metaphors, living/new ones or dead ones.


Thanks for the response.
Indeed, metaphors are potentially the system of citation science's survival.

Citation science:
The process, of figuring which citations are correct and which aren't correct.
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