Random Analogies
Mucho Momentumo
a: Climate change ~
b: a train
What: "Climate change is like a train: it starts slowly, but it's awfully hard to stop once it gains a bit of momentum"
Useful?
Writer: climatereality
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Where:
Date: Nov 24 2012 11:11 AM
# 2476 Critique Analogy
Flushing The Neuron....
a: A neuron ~
b: Toilet
What: A Neuron is Like Toilet
1: Both have a resting potential:
Waterstored in the tank has potential energy due togravity.
2:
Both have an action potential:
When you flush, an "impulse" is sent down the sewer pipe.
3:
Both have a threshold: A minimum quantity of
water is required to create a siphon.
4:
Both have a refractory period: A toilet cannot be
flushed while its tank is filling up
Useful?
Writer: Gidi Shemer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
LCC: QP351-495
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 12 2013 9:26 PM
# 3107 Critique Analogy
a: surface tension ~
b: a very thin flexiable skin
What:
"Surface tension is like a very thin, flexible skin on the surface of a liquid. It happens because all of the molecules in a liquid attract each other."
Useful?
Writer: Linda Armstrong
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Where:
Date: Sep 9 2014 6:53 PM
# 6350 Critique Analogy
a: Spinal fluid ~
b: inner ocean
What:
"The cerebral spinal fluid is like the body's inner ocean that surrounds and soothes your central nervous system."
Useful?
Writer: Dr. Christiane Northrup
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 1 2015 10:20 AM
# 7202 Critique Analogy
