Random Analogies
Stalinism Is Like Brutal Oppressive Socialism
a: Stalinism ~
b: brutal oppressive socialism
What: "Stalinism is like brutal oppressive socialism while Marxism is more like a theory of how to get people to live a certain way. Marx wanted a world-wide revolution while Stalin favoured "socialism in one country". Stalinism is in no way communism, everyone knows this."
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Writer: Butcherbird
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 17 2011 6:36 PM
# 1436 Critique Analogy
a: Health care ~
b: trying to find your way through a tangled maze
What: "Trying to navigate the health care system is like trying to find your way through a tangled maze," said Charles Ingoglia, M.S.W., Vice President for Public Policy at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. "Sometimes, doctors don't have time to talk to each other or share information."Or maybe they just don't care.
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Writer: Charles Ingoglia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 23 2014 8:39 PM
# 4762 Critique Analogy
a: math ~
b: making cupcakes
What:
The linked paper is a study of students and the metaphors they used to understand some basic elements of math.
For example, addition as making cupcakes, subtraction as Getting out things from the bag and so on.
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Writer: Jessy Villorente-Saulo
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Date: Sep 2 2014 7:37 PM
# 6180 Critique Analogy
a: alveoli ~
b: tree leaves
What:
"In this analogy, the alveoli are like the leaves of the tree "
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Mar 12 2015 7:16 PM
# 7516 Critique Analogy
