Random Analogies

Football Atom

a: An atom ~
b: A football

What: "An atom is like a football.The electron in an atoms is like the skin of the football."

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC: QD
Where:
Date: Jun 15 2010 11:11 PM


Or Mr. Jackson's Doctor......

a: Federal reserve ~
b: Elvis Presley's doctor

What: "Since longer than anyone can remember there has been a blind belief that the Federal Reserve is like Elvis Presley's doctor, who can "make things better" by just injecting one more shot of the drug that used to work so well, in the "happy days". Now the shots don't works so well and the patient/economy is stumbling along, weakly as best.

Useful?
Writer: EconMatters
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 11 2012 1:55 PM



a: Nervous system ~
b: wiring system

What: "Remember that the nervous system is like the body's wiring system, and when you have a bunch of wires, it is easier and neater to bundle them. So, neurons are arranged like a bouquet of daisies."

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC: QP351-495
Where:
Date: Mar 9 2014 1:41 PM



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