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Malcolm Storey's avatar

"SpudCells are not alive in the fullest sense. These cells ... can’t sustain themselves without a human topping up the feeders."

We can't sustain ourselves without the sun topping up the feeders.

Gunnar's avatar

Ha, good point!

Malcolm Storey's avatar

Much like models, all metaphors are wrong - models ARE metaphors, pure and simply.

Gunnar's avatar

Fair point. Then I'd say models are metaphors with extra expectations - accuracy, predictive value... (which they don't always deliver on, for sure).