Random Analogies
Conservative Intellectuals
a: Conservative thinking ~
b: old left
What: "Once upon a time, the intellectual conservatives in this country cherished their dissidents, encouraged argument, embraced the quirky, valued the eccentric and mocked the lock-step ideological left. Now they are what they once mocked. And they have the ideological discipline of the old left."
Useful?
Writer: Andrew Sulllivan
LCC: J
Where:
Date: Mar 28 2010 6:32 AM
# 356 Critique Analogy
Planets As Common As Sand On The Beach
a: Planet in the milky way ~
b: grains of sand on the beach
What: "Astronomers said Wednesday that each of the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way probably has at least one companion planet, on average, adding credence to the notion that planets are as common in the cosmos as grains of sand on the beach."
Useful?
Writer: ROBERT LEE HOTZ
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 12 2012 11:19 AM
# 1592 Critique Analogy
The Big Pink Froth
a: Las vegas ~
b: cotton candy
What: "But I can say this: you are a destination for which opinions vary widely. Some people love you. Many people hate you. Few have mixed feelings. But even among those who love you, it often comes with a time limit, or recommended dosage."
Useful?
Writer: Gene McKenna
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 22 2012 5:43 PM
# 2267 Critique Analogy
a: hydrophillic surface of a lipid bilayer ~
b: the surface of a pond
What:
The commonalities are the fluidity of the watery surfaces. If you put a small boat on the surface of pond, it will float and slowly move around. The media in which it is sitting is fluid. The frozen surface of a pond is solid. If a small boat were place on top it would just sit there, motionless.
Useful?
Writer: Lucretia
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 20 2014 3:57 PM
# 4944 Critique Analogy
