Random Analogies
a: Quotation mark ~
b: the Romulan Cloaking Device
What: "Naturally, the dreaded exclamation point. I'd like to point out that I used two of them in this blog post, but they were rendered harmless because they were enclosed in quotation marks. Quotation marks are like the Romulan Cloaking Device for exclamation points."
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Writer: Andrew Smith
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:47 PM
# 4071 Critique Analogy
a: complex numbers ~
b: an upgrade to our number system
What:
"Seeing complex numbers as an upgrade to our number system, just like zero, decimals and negatives were."
Yes indeed. The complex plane system did not fall out of the sky. It was invented to help solve the real problem of equations that contained negative roots.
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Writer: Kalid Azad
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Date: Aug 21 2014 5:29 PM
# 6143 Critique Analogy
a: mind ~
b: garden
What:
"Imagine that your mind is like a garden. You could simply be with it, looking at its weeds and flowers without judging or changing anything. Or, you could pull weeds by decreasing what's negative in your mind. Or, you could grow flowers by increasing the positive in your mind. In essence, you can manage your mind in three primary ways: let be, let go, or let in. "
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Writer: Rick Hanson
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Date: Oct 8 2014 10:02 AM
# 6478 Critique Analogy
