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The limits of metaphor are when they do more to disguise than to explain.
We shouldn't confuse things that can be difficult or require significant study to understand or explain with convenient but wrong stories.
If a metaphor fails the first test, than we shouldn't use it.
I agree - but parallels can be a quick and effective way to communicate information where the specifics aren't important, even if they have to be consciously discarded for someone diving further into the detail.