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I was being snarky because I found your comment arrogant. If you think that the analogy is useful, then I’d have no problem if you left a comment along the lines of “I find the wetware analogy useful.” But what you said is “you should change your mind” without providing any substance about why it’s a useful perspective or why you’re entitled to tell someone else to change their mind.



That's a fair critique. For the record, I was responding to a post that I felt had a similar tone.

> I disagree with this machine-like optimization of human life. We are not machines running OSes allocating time.

I doubt OP was offended. And I didn't say to change their mind. I said consider something that the tone of their comment indicated they hadn't seriously considered.




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