Random Analogies
Meditation On The Earth
a: Geochemistry ~
b: meditation on earth chemistry
What: "Reading the Essays on Geochemistry is like entering into a prolonged meditation on the chemical interactions of the Earth's crust, including the relation of the biosphere's living matter to inert matter. In fact, the perspective Vernadsky provides is often startlingly fresh. Even those not initiated into the intricacies of chemistry will find many points of reflection, not the least of them being the consideration of life as living matter."
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Writer: Jose Arguelles, Ph.D.
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Date: Aug 26 2013 5:55 PM
# 3616 Critique Analogy
a: Wealth ~
b: riding on a lion
What: "Loving wealth is like riding on a lion: one eventually falls-to the delight of the lion"
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Writer: Msgr. Lope C. Robredillo, SThD
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 15 2014 7:13 PM
# 4690 Critique Analogy
a: math ~
b: X-ray specs
What:
"In a world brimming with information, math is an important tool to help spot statistical glitches and everyday fallacies, but it's being lost. "Math is the science of not being wrong about things," he writes. "Knowing math is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world."
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Writer: Jordan Ellenberg
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Date: Sep 2 2014 7:24 PM
# 6178 Critique Analogy
a: Temporal Lobe ~
b: Siri
What:
"The Temporal Lobe is like Siri with emotion and recording capabilities."
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Writer: Briana Bradford
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Date: Dec 3 2014 2:12 PM
# 6565 Critique Analogy
