>>61087521 (OP)
The philosophical error in comparing tulip mania to the Bitcoin bubble is a false analogy: it equates two phenomena that share superficial traits—namely speculative price surges—while ignoring their profound differences in nature, context, and significance. Tulip mania was a fleeting craze over a perishable luxury good with no lasting utility or innovation, whereas Bitcoin is a decentralized digital asset embedded in a broader technological and monetary revolution. By likening them, the analogy commits a category mistake, treating a historical fad as equivalent to a transformative protocol. This reductionist comparison obscures Bitcoin’s role in challenging traditional financial systems, enabling new forms of trust and value exchange, and fostering global economic experimentation. Philosophically, it reflects epistemic laziness: substituting shallow resemblance for deep understanding.