Some of the earliest uses of the words “analogy” and “analogue” related to medical matters, the former in Philip Barrough’s textbook, The Methode of Physicke (1583) and the latter in William Whewell’s ...
Like houseguests who overstay their welcome, some analogies get real old, real fast. They're as grating as nails on a blackboard. They weigh down our conversations like rocks in a rowboat. Yet we keep ...