thought / question

[tysolna]

The Outback is to Australia what the Wild West is to the US, and what the Middle Ages are to Europe.
True or false?

Comments

[athenais.livejournal.com]

What the wild west is to the US the Middle ages is to Europe could be a statement you could count as true.

In what respect? This seems as false as the Outback=Wild West equation to me.

[endless-psych.livejournal.com]

Both can be considered time period. Outback and wild west can be considered to refer to a place - if not an exact geographical location (the wrong choice of words perhaps) and Wild west and Middle ages both refer to time periods. The statements don't have to be internally true as the question asks if a is to b as c is to d. You could say What man is to woman cat is to dog and it would be logically true.

[tysolna]

I'm sorry I didn't phrase my initial question more clearly. You're right if you are comparing the "real thing" (for want of a better word); I was trying to compare the concepts. Different kind of logic. ;)