What is meant by the following example of an analogy:

"Humanity, let us say, is like people packed in an automobile which is traveling downhill without lights at terrific speed and driven by a four-year-old child. The signposts along the way are all marked 'Progress.'"
(Lord Dunsany)
A. Humanity is in a great deal of danger, but we (perhaps foolishly) consider that danger to be "progress."
B. Humanity drives wrecklessly.
C. Humanity is following the lead of four-year-old children.
D. People are followers and not leaders.

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What is meant by the following example of an analogy:

"Humanity, let us say, is like people packed in an automobile which is traveling downhill without lights at terrific speed and driven by a four-year-old child. The signposts along the way are all marked 'Progress.'"
(Lord Dunsany)
	A.	Humanity is in a great deal of danger, but we (perhaps foolishly) consider that danger to be "progress."
	B.	Humanity drives wrecklessly.
	C.	Humanity is following the lead of four-year-old children.
	D.	People are followers and not leaders.

anonymous · Answer

A.