Random Analogies
The Big Slot Machine
a: Nucleoside ~
b: the wheels of a slot machine
What: "In some respects, the nucleosides are like the wheels in a giant slot machine. Upon transcription translation, one wheel can come up a thymine instead of a guanine and
an amino acid changes"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2013 11:12 AM
# 3123 Critique Analogy
Cut Those Molecles Up
a: A cell without endonuclease ~
b: a carpenter without a saw
What: "A cell without endonuclease is like a carpenter without a saw. No saw, no house. Likewise: no endonuclease, no protein, no life as we know it. This much, scientists have known for years"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 14 2013 2:37 PM
# 3198 Critique Analogy
a: earth ~
b: a giant uranium-powered electromagnet
What:
"That big radius doesn't help much when convection is stealing all your heat and delivering it to the upper mantle. Below the Mojorovicic discontinuity, Earth is a giant uranium-powered electromagnet, and molten rock is the turbine that spins the core"
Useful?
Writer: Overgoats
LCC:
Where:
Date: Mar 12 2014 6:22 PM
# 5321 Critique Analogy
a: Perfect marriage ~
b: Libyan democracy
What: "Building the perfect marriage is like building a Libyan democracy. If you obey her laws, put pictures of her up all over the place, and make a massive fuss on anniversary days, it's easy enough to keep the tyrant happy."There are many more in the linked page.
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Sep 8 2014 6:12 PM
# 6236 Critique Analogy
