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SixSigma on Feb 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learning to Code vs Learning Computer Science

That's the problem with analogies, they are analogies.

Iftheshoefits on Feb 9, 2014 [–]

There are good analogies and bad analogies, though. Good ones use relationships that actually have common elements that are meaningful; that's how they work to convey information.

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