Random Analogies
Sutton Hoo Purse
a: Sutton hoo purse ~
b: Anglo-Saxon iphone
What: The Ancient Anglo-Saxons were a people on the move. Thus their art had to be small and portable. The Sutton Hoo purse is the premier example of this art form. It is a small, portable and beautifully crafted status symbol made in ~ 625 AD. Fast forward about 1400 years and you'll find not much has changed. The iphone has similar attributes. It's a colorful, well designed, highly practical status symbol that's much in vogue in our own whacked out expansionist Anglo-Saxon culture.
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Writer: LucretiaGermanica
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Date: Jan 20 2011 2:21 AM
# 776 Critique Analogy
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a: Faith ~
b: sublimated fear
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Writer: maj gen patrick brad
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Date: Jun 2 2012 9:06 PM
# 2306 Critique Analogy
It Has Holes All Over.....
a: Florida geology ~
b: Swiss cheese coated with soil
What: "Owen reports that a member of Florida's Speleological Society
(speleology is the study of caves; think "spelunking") says that Florida's geology is like "Swiss cheese coated with soil."" From New Yorker Magazine, March 18, 2013 issue,
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Writer: David Owe
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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:42 PM
# 2717 Critique Analogy
Synapses As Ics?
a: Molecular evolution of the synapse ~
b: the evolution of computer chips
What: "The molecular evolution of the synapse is like the evolution of computer chips - the increasing complexity has given them more power and those animals with the most powerful chips can do the most,"
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Writer: Grant SGN
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Date: May 14 2013 5:17 PM
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