Random Analogies
Sex Is Like Any Other Human Desire....
a: Sex ~
b: any other human desire or function
What: "Sex is like any other human desire or function...there is a clear purpose and an appropriate time to do it. Eating is an excellent example. God wants us to eat for nourishment, and He loves it when we enjoy the food we are eating. But that doesn't mean that we can eat anything at anytime we wish."
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Writer: Heather Gallagher
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Date: Aug 17 2011 11:32 AM
# 1107 Critique Analogy
Backward It Is For It.....
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: a Victorian novel in reverse
What: "In the Victorian novel, the killer poisons the victim little by little, so the victim gets sicker and sicker. The doctor is perplexed and goes away, and the patient dies, apparently of natural causes. In chemotherapy, the doctor poisons the victim little by little so the victim gets sicker and sicker. The killer (cancer) is perplexed and goes away, the patient lives, hopefully for his or her natural lifetime." There is a discussion of this in the link....
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Writer: Jerry Okungu
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:40 PM
# 2709 Critique Analogy
a: methylation ~
b: enormous fire-hose
What:
"Also, it appears that methylation is like an enormous fire-hose spraying methyl groups everywhere in the genome to dampen the ground and prevent any small fires (viruses) from igniting. How much stock can you put in research findings that hinge on the appearance/disappearance of 1 or 2 errant methyl groups?"
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Writer: dendrite
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Date: Aug 19 2014 4:46 PM
# 6121 Critique Analogy
a: American democracy ~
b: The Wizard of Oz
