Random Analogies
Basing An Economy On Marx
a: Basing an economy on marx ~
b: basing a space program on Ptolemy
What: "Yes, we do. The latter lead inevitably to the former. Basing an economy on Marx is like basing a space program on Ptolemy."
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Writer: torujordan
LCC: J
Where:
Date: Jul 29 2010 4:39 AM
# 547 Critique Analogy
Biological Spell Check...
a: Dna polymerase ~
b: a word processor
What: "You need to have a way to fix mistakes., or a proofreading capacity. Each of your cells has 46 DNA moleucles, about 6 billion bases. It only takes a few hours to copy all of this with very few errors. The DNA polymerase is like a word processor. When it sees a mistake it will back up and fix it like hitting the delete key on a computer."
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Writer: Ms. Steinhardt
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 6 2013 9:45 AM
# 2916 Critique Analogy
Sticky Protein+sugars......
a: Linkage of lectin ~
b: velcro
What: "Linkage of lectin is like Velcro, weak interaction but strong composite! "
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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 9 2013 8:22 PM
# 3059 Critique Analogy
