{"id":3677,"date":"2005-03-13T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2005-03-13T21:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/13\/differences-we-cant-see\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:54","slug":"differences-we-cant-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/13\/differences-we-cant-see\/","title":{"rendered":"differences we can’t see"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/span>\"approx potluck: <\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"tiny The most maddening and sad intellectual weakness I have seen in two years spent within the blogosphere has been the inability of so many young lawyers and law students to know when distinctions make a difference, and whether analogies are weak or strong. Thus,<\/font> Adam Cohen<\/font><\/a>‘s op\/ed piece in today’s NYT <\/em>should be required reading for all educators and all who wish to fulfill the role of lawyer, pundit, politician or citizen competently. (“<\/font>An SAT without analogies is like<\/font><\/a>:<\/font><\/span> (A) a confused citizenry . . . “, March 13, 2005)<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"approx Cohen notes:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Intentionally misleading comparisons are becoming the dominant mode of public discourse. The ability to tell true analogies from false ones has never been more important.<\/em> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"tiny Don’t forget that today is <\/font>Blogshine Sunday<\/font><\/a>. Our <\/font><\/span>contribution is <\/font>here<\/font><\/a>.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"tiny <\/font><\/span>Last night, I read the first chapter (15 pages, available here<\/a>) of Jonathan<\/font><\/span> Safran Foer’s second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a>, which is now<\/font><\/font> in bookstores and has <\/font>been getting tantalizing reviews<\/a>. Chapter One introduces us to the precocious Oskar, in his first-person voice, and made me want to get to know this <\/font>special 9-year old, who takes us on an adventure as he reacts to his father’s death on <\/font>9\/11. Reviewer Pam Houston said:<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"FoerLoud\"<\/font><\/span>\u00a0 “Foer has created an unforgettable character in Oskar, and a funny,<\/font> wise, deeply compassionate novel that will renew readers faith that<\/font> the right book at the right time sill has the power to change the world.\u201d<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

cranberry frost <\/font>
\nthe crackle of ice<\/font>
\nbefore the canoe<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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undulating hills —
\nechoes of the train whistle
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pausing<\/font>
\nhalfway through a life<\/font>
\nwith chrysanthemums<\/font><\/p>\n

………………………… by Jim Kacian<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/font>
\n“<\/font>pausing<\/font><\/a>” The Heron’s Nest<\/font><\/em> (in mem<\/em>. Elizabeth Searle Lamb, March 2005); “<\/font>cranberry frost<\/font><\/a>” – Mainichi Daily News<\/em> Best of 2001; “<\/font>undulating hills<\/font><\/a>” –<\/font> Mainichi Daily News<\/em> Best of 2000<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

they point out
\nthe differences \u2013
\nmeeting twins<\/p>\n

…………………… by dagosan [March 23, 2005]\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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update<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 See our post “analogically correct<\/a>” (April 12, 2005), about Harvard Law Prof. Lloyd L. Weinreb’s book\u00a0 <\/font>Legal Reason: The Use of Analogy in Legal Argument<\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/a>(Cambridge Press 2005).<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

potluck: The most maddening and sad intellectual weakness I have seen in two years spent within the blogosphere has been the inability of so many young lawyers and law students to know when distinctions make a difference, and whether analogies are weak or strong. Thus, Adam Cohen‘s op\/ed piece in today’s NYT should be required […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-Xj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13323,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions\/13323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}