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'''Dad:''' Trees sneezing.

'''Calvin:''' Really?

 

When things are strange and complicated, people like to explain them by analogy. Sometimes, this analogy is actually not all that accurate; for instance, atoms are usually described as a proton-neutron nucleus with electrons orbiting it like planets round a star, but doesn't actually resemble the solar system at all. However, it is still useful because it gives the listeners a simple concept they can grasp, while a more accurate explanation would confuse them or simply go over their heads. Once they've learned the analogy, they can continue to more complex topics that will eventually lead to the truth of the situation—or to another, more complicated set of '''Lies to Children'''.

This is, of course, likely to [[Analogy Backfire|backfire]] if the listener takes the analogy too literally.

 

 

Very much [[Truth in Television]], particularly, though not exclusively, with regard to science. (Hell, considering how much we don't understand of the universe, science ''itself'' is this to a degree.)

 

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