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[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How can you just assert that seeds are not anologous to sperm? You don't get to dismiss someone else's apology because your perspective has less layers of abstraction and is therefore more accurate.

The entire concept of analogy requires abstraction. Any analogy can be torn down by pointing out some inaccuracy in the comparison. If there weren't any inaccuracies then it would be two thing anologous to each other it would just be two examples of one thing.

Sperm is absolutely anologous to seeds. That's why we call it sperm.

...from Late Latin sperma "seed, semen," from Greek sperma "the seed of plants, also of animals," literally "that which is sown," from speirein "to sow, scatter" (from PIE *sper-mn-, from root *sper- "to spread, to sow,"...

[–] Kaigyo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

You're confusing the metaphorical sort of "analogous" with the term "analogous" used in evolutionary biology.

[–] muts@feddit.nl 7 points 6 days ago

And then there's also literal ginkgo tree sperm