I strongly disagree. There&#x27;s a regime in which Newtonian gravity describes the world. There is no such regime for the rubbersheet model of GR, since the Earth&#x27;s gravity is responsible, not the sheet&#x27;s curvature. It&#x27;s the illusion of explanation.<p>EDIT: I&#x27;d also remark that collapsing centuries of debate on what&#x27;s a scientific theory into &quot;everything is an analogy&quot; is a disservice to the public: good luck distinguishing realism, structural realism, positivism, etc., if you put on the same level science popularizations and proper (albeit imperfect and incomplete) scientific theories.<p>Also, the science communication bit is a red herring. There are plenty of concepts that cannot be explained easily to the public. One might justify just as well going around popularizing Laffer&#x27;s curve, since actual macroeconomics is impossible to explain on a napkin.