Random Analogies

Like Most Sciences

a: Geology ~
b: a big game of connect-the-dots

What: "Geology is like a big game of connect-the-dots where many of the critical dots are hidden and the rest have been scrambled. It's often the case that people don't quite grasp the significance of what is right in front of them until someone points out the relationships."

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Writer: Ron Wolf
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Date: Apr 14 2013 2:47 PM



a: The adrenaline ~
b: the Spirit of God

What: "Now, I want you to look at everything I have just spoken to you from a spiritual perspective. The Adrenaline is like the Spirit of God who leads and guides us into all truth. Who protects and comforts us. Anaphylactic Shock is like the lies that oppose all things God, which lead all who fall into its trap to death (an severe reaction due to actions taken which cause constricted airways {a.k.a DEATH})"

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Writer: Kristal Giles
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Date: Oct 17 2013 1:01 PM


Heard All Over

a: Earthquake ~
b: hammer hitting the bell

What: "What is perhaps surprising to people is that a large earthquake with these megatons of energy can set the entire earth vibrating like a bell. So an earthquake is like the hammer hitting the bell and the entire planet then resonates with its natural frequencies for periods of weeks following the giant earthquake."

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Writer: Michael Brown
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Date: Oct 29 2013 11:13 AM



a: Broca's area ~
b: string section

What:

"The language center, Broca's area, is like the articulate expressiveness of the string section "


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Writer: Tracy Packiam Alloway, ‎Ross G. Alloway
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Date: Jul 22 2015 4:47 PM



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