Random Analogies

What: "Professional wrestling is like soap operas for Drunken hillbillys. Look at the fanbase to see who is more sophisticated."

Writer: Wookie

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Date: Nov 27 2010 2:51 AM

What: "In a sense, an electron is like a red sports car," Bergfield said. "The sports car is both a car and it's red, just as the electron is both a particle and a wave. The two are properties of the same thing. Electrons are just less obvious to us than sports cars."

Writer: Justin Bergfield

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Date: Aug 7 2013 6:01 PM

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"Vilayanur Ramachandran, of the Center for Research on Brain and Cognition in San Diego, California, has a competing metaphor for who's the boss. Slightly stooped, dark-featured and serious, he gesticulates energetically and paces sometimes while he speaks. He says the left hemisphere is like a general who planned a battle using conventional weapons, and the right hemisphere is like a scout who provided an update to the general right before battle1. "The report said that the enemy had nuclear weapons. The general would be very foolish, if he adhered to the original plan. He must now abandon his previous plan and formulate a new one, for the consequences, if the scout is correct, are just too great." "

Writer: Vilayanur Ramachandran

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Date: Feb 21 2014 3:14 PM

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"So it is not only possible proudly to confess Marx's influence on one's thought, but it remains possible in some quarters to impress by doing so. It ought to be embarrassing, but it isn't. Being a bit of a Marxist is like having a closet full of pirate blouses but never having to worry."

Writer: Will Wilkinson

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Date: Jul 9 2014 11:38 AM