| ▲ | epgui 8 hours ago |
| The word abstraction does not mean the same thing as the words analogy or comparison. |
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| ▲ | notrealyme123 7 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Yes absolutely. They are different things . I am using "level of abstraction" in a sense to find a useful amount of details to drop or keep, which in turn makes an analogy/comparison possible. |
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| ▲ | Tadpole9181 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Wow, you have the patience of a saint. It seems you have almost nobody actually engaging in discussion and instead trying to nitpick and play word games. | | |
| ▲ | notrealyme123 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Hahaha ouch - and thank you. I think this particular topic is not about being right, but about revealing wild claims as what they are. Answering to nitpicking and word plays is just fun along the way. |
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