Random Analogies
Infinity is like the Olympic Games
a: Infinity ~
b: the Olympic Games
What: "The Olympic Games exist, says Aristotle. You can't argue with that. If a passing little green man were to step out of his flying saucer (this is my addition to the story Aristotle didn't mention little green men) and asked you 'is there such a thing as the Olympic Games?' you would have to answer 'Yes.' But imagine the little green man was then to ask, in the bizarre syntax of its kind, 'Show me this Olympic Games of which you speak,' you would be stumped. There is nothing to produce because the Olympic Games aren't on right now. So the Olympic Games both exists and doesn't, it has a potential existence and that, said Aristotle, is just how it is with infinity."
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Writer: Brian Clegg
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Date: Aug 21 2011 10:53 PM
# 1183 Critique Analogy
a: The magma ~
b: peanut butter in a refrigerator
What:
"If the temperature of the rock is too cold, the magma is like peanut butter in a refrigerator," Kent said. "It just isn't very mobile. For Mount Hood, the threshold seems to be about 750 degrees (C) - if it warms up just 50 to 75 degrees above that, it greatly decreases the viscosity of the magma and makes it easier to mobilize."
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Writer: http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/profile/kent/
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Date: Sep 8 2014 6:42 PM
# 6337 Critique Analogy
a: American democracy ~
b: restaurant with only two items
What:
"American democracy is like a restaurant with only two items on the menu, and no matter which one you order, ass or pachyderm, you're served a toxic and bloody mess. Dissatisfied, you must wait four years to order again, only to receive, once more, a toxic and bloody mess. Bon appetit!"
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Writer: Linh Dinh
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Date: Jan 30 2015 2:56 PM
# 7181 Critique Analogy
