[MD] Chance

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt]
>From an evolutionary point of view, those who don't survive are inferior to
those who do.

[Arlo]
If that's the MOQ's view, I am not buying it. I've known a few who "did not
survive" and they were among the best people I've ever known.

[Platt]
No,. "like" is analogy -- not "that stand for." The latter is simply a phrase
made up of symbols strung together to form meaning (in the English language.).

[Arlo]
I'm not gonna nitpick with you. Analogy most certainly is "something that
stands for something else". "It's raining" is an analogy for the experience,
one that is wrapped up in a lot of other metaphorical associations like
happiness or sadness or calmness or whatever...

[Platt]
All language is not metaphor. Much of it is literal.  Ex: "It's raining."

[Arlo]
We may think of "rain" differently. Its a metaphor. In many ways solidified,
but a metaphor nonetheless.