# Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse

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The piece shows how popular retellings of Schrödinger's cat and the butterfly effect turn cautionary scientific analogies into misleading literal claims.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 8 November 2018

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 November 2018
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, science, complexity, causality.

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