Random Analogies
Mit Mouse Land
a: Boston ~
b: Disneyland for scientists
What: "Boston is like Disneyland for scientists. The number of laboratories, both academic and commercial, concentrated within the Boston area is perhaps unparalleled. One could truly make a career out of attending lectures and seminars at area institutions."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 14 2012 1:34 PM
# 2122 Critique Analogy
a: time ~
b: fashionable host
What:
"Though less than yours in past, must o'ertop yours;
For time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand,
And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not
virtue seek "
Useful?
Writer: Some Greek Dude
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jul 7 2014 4:03 PM
# 5863 Critique Analogy
a: Saltatory conduction ~
b: plane short haul
What:
"Electricity that travels in the nervous system by saltatory conduction is like a plane flying from city to city; the electricity jumps from one of the breaks in the nerve to the next. "
Useful?
Writer: Howard L. Weiner, M.D.
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 14 2015 7:31 PM
# 7061 Critique Analogy
a: Freedom of expression ~
b: the air we breathe
What:
"Freedom of expression is like the air we breathe, we don't feel it, until people take it"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 31 2015 7:57 PM
# 7188 Critique Analogy
