It is deeply flawed - all analogies are to some extent or another - the point still correlates with observable facts. Both systems require energy to function,

It is deeply flawed - all analogies are to some extent or another - the point still correlates with observable facts. Both systems require energy to function, removal of energy causes both systems to stop producing observable functions, and there is nothing observable that would indicate either system transfers it's functions into another state where those functions continue.