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What Makes Analogies Strong

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Strength rises with relevant similarities, more instances, and fewer disanalogies — and relevance dominates.

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For predicting handling, a car's drivetrain matters; its paint color doesn't. One relevant similarity outweighs twenty irrelevant ones.

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Counting similarities without weighing relevance is how bad analogies get numbers on their side.