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caraher

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13. The dangers of analogies

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 03:59 PM

Nov 2013

I think that actually, the Hindenburg disaster indeed proved the death knell for a flying technology. When was the last time anyone booked a ticket on a hydrogen-filled airship? I think that's the analogy someone who doesn't already agree with you would find most apt. There are other ways of flying; similarly, there are other ways of generating electricity.

I don't think likening a nuclear power station to the Hindenburg provides a compelling argument either for or against fission.

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