violence
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Violence As Shivering
a: Violence ~
b: Shivering
What: Good association. Violence is like shivering, a biological response to a change in environment. The comment in the discussion , was that most people have analogized violence as thirst, a basic human function. Pinker is trying to re-frame the discussion around human nature.
Useful?
Writer: Steven Pinker
LCC: QH
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 9 2012 1:00 PM
# 2390 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.