Illustrating flaws in thinking by analogy is wonderful. People become too rigid in their faith in their current understanding, which is always wrong to some greater or lesser degree. By comparing one complex system to another complex system, we can quickly communicate volumes of information - such as a history of shared experiences. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

Sorry if I was unclear, but I was making the point that a market is a system which can have temporary flaws. Such as a human can have smallpox, or an ecosystem can have a wildfire. I wasn't attempting to make the analogy between a market and smallpox or wildfires, I was attempting to make the analogy to a market fluctuation. Large difference. Perhaps the fault is mine, but I suspect it's more a case that you'd like to think poorly of people who think differently than you do.

Logic is wonderful, because it gives us the tools to have a conversation. Logic fails when two people have different assumptions. At best, it allows us to discover our different assumptions. You assume there is such a thing as an equilibrium price. Given that assumption, you can use logic to debate government regulation.