Sometimes we miss an important part of the picture. We just don't understand all the factors that affect the situation, so there are factors that aren't even programmed into the model.<span>
</span>
Yes it is becase a Metaphor is The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.