creation
n=2
a: Creation ~
b: the ascent of a shoot generated by a planted seed
What:
"According to a well-known Hopi creation myth, the human race originated under the ground, and finally came up to the surface through a long vertical shaft. Creation is like the ascent of a shoot generated by a planted seed (the Hopi developed as an agricultural people), or the journey of a newborn child through the birth canal."
Useful?
Writer: Steven Lubin
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Date: Jul 30 2015 3:59 PM
# 8143 Critique Analogy
In Gear And Ready To Go.....
a: Creation of an oncogene ~
b: changing gears from Park to Drive
What: "Say, for example the alteration of the DNA is like the ignition of an unoccupied car being turned on. The transformation of a normal gene into an oncogene is like moving the gear from P (Park) to D (Drive)while the handbrake is still on. Inactivation of anti-oncogenes is akin to the
release of the handbrake and the car is now free to wander onto a highway and
cause mayhem"
Useful?
Writer: Jill O'Donnell-Torme
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Date: May 12 2013 8:38 PM
# 3098 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.