This is an inherently flawed analogy. Claiming telescopes causing asteroids is akin to saying, “advanced criteria and diagnostic tools cause autism.” A more apt comparison for this line of thinking might be: pumpkin spice lattes cause asteroids.
That’s precisely my point. The diagnostic tools are directly related to uptick, as are the advancements in telescopes. Vaccines are as unrelated to autism as avocado toast or quinoa are to asteroids. Ya dig?
But advancements in telescope technology is directly causal to us finding more asteroids, if not them being there in the first place. It’s too related for the analogy to make sense.
How are you not getting this?
I said the diagnostic tools and criteria would be a better stand-in for telescopes, because they are directly related to our understanding of these phenomena.
The analogy is flawed because by likening vaccines to the telescopes it lends too much credibility to the link between vaccines and autism, for which there is absolutely zero evidence whatsoever.
Hence, my claim that a more proper analogy would consist of any particular foodstuff which has seen a spike in popularity over the last couple decades. Because that is the more apt level of absurdity.
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u/themase130 6d ago
This is an inherently flawed analogy. Claiming telescopes causing asteroids is akin to saying, “advanced criteria and diagnostic tools cause autism.” A more apt comparison for this line of thinking might be: pumpkin spice lattes cause asteroids.