Random Analogies
Open Closet City
a: Portland oregon ~
b: Austin
What: "Portland is like Austin, inclusive to all."
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Writer: Alisa Weldon
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Date: May 16 2012 6:34 PM
# 2235 Critique Analogy
What Is The Taste Of Fried Space Time
a: Space time ~
b: a questionable sausage
What: Space-time is like a questionable sausage: nobody knows who or what made it, or where it came from, or what it's made of, and if you eat it all you'll probably die. Moral: don't eat space-time.
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Writer: iconmaster
LCC: QB
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 9 2012 12:57 PM
# 2553 Critique Analogy
I'll Have The One With Raisins
a: Allele ~
b: a variation of protein recipe
What: "Genes are like recipes for proteins. An allele is like a variation of that recipe. There could be a recipe for oatmeal cookies that has two variations: one with raisins and one without. A gene for skin color could have two variations: one with freckles and one without."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 30 2013 12:20 PM
# 2800 Critique Analogy
a: Interpreting the genome ~
b: reverse-engineering a large program
What: "I imagine that interpreting the genome is like reverse-engineering a large computer program from the binary machine code. And any programmer knows what the "dead" intronic sequences of the DNA are: they're comments." A comment on the linked article.
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Writer: dhfx
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Date: May 7 2013 6:16 PM
# 2991 Critique Analogy
