Because if there is only an analogy between evolution and knowledge acquisition, there are some aspects of each that do are not the same, and it is possible that these differences mean that the specific factor under consideration is not the same; but if the two processes are literally the same, that is not possible.
“How can having a mistake strengthen your argument?”
Example: During WWII,many American leaders didn’t believe that Germany was actually committing massacres, as they were disillusioned from similar but inaccurate WWI propaganda; however, they still believed that Nazi aggression was morally wrong. Later, the death camps were discovered. Clearly, given that they were mistaken in disbelieving in the Holocaust, they were mistaken in believing that the Nazis were morally wrong- because how can making a mistake strength your argument?
Because if there is only an analogy between evolution and knowledge acquisition, there are some aspects of each that do are not the same, and it is possible that these differences mean that the specific factor under consideration is not the same; but if the two processes are literally the same, that is not possible.
“How can having a mistake strengthen your argument?”
Example: During WWII,many American leaders didn’t believe that Germany was actually committing massacres, as they were disillusioned from similar but inaccurate WWI propaganda; however, they still believed that Nazi aggression was morally wrong. Later, the death camps were discovered. Clearly, given that they were mistaken in disbelieving in the Holocaust, they were mistaken in believing that the Nazis were morally wrong- because how can making a mistake strength your argument?