Imperial College London or LSE?

keepittoyourself
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:14:41 +0000

An analogy is a comparison of certain similarities between things which are otherwise unalike. You made the comparison that Gordon Brown attended Edinburgh and that because of this it is a prestigious university. That to me is an analogy;



What? This doesn’t follow.

OK, let’s take on board your (slightly mangled but basically ok) definition of an analogy.

How is the Gordon Brown case like that?

And you’ve got my assertion wrong. What I said was: Edinburgh is a prestigious university, lots of smart people go there. For example, Gordon Brown.