Random Analogies
Comcast Gouging In Boston
a: Boston ~
b: many other cities
What: "Boston is like many cities and suffers from a lack of cable competition and increasingly-eroded regulatory authority, meaning that local incumbent Comcast can generally overcharge for services as they see fit without competitive or regulatory repercussions"
Useful?
Writer: Karl Bode
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Where:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Boston-Mayor-Trying-to-Fight-Relentless-Comcast-Rate-Hikes-117968
Date: May 14 2012 1:51 PM
# 2129 Critique Analogy
Her Long Drive Home
a: Boston ~
b: an ant colony
What: "The small towns and their miniscule speed limits gave me a chance to really look around, and appreciate the sheer desolation of a rural community. I've come to notice that Boston is like an ant colony, with thousands of people in any given place all going somewhere different."
Useful?
Writer: Ethan Edson
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Date: May 14 2012 2:16 PM
# 2137 Critique Analogy
a: visible light ~
b: one particular note in a Beethoven symphony
What:
"An astronomer who only studies visible light is like someone who could only hear one particular note in a Beethoven symphony. Infrared astronomers can hear a much wider part of the symphony of the Universe. They can detect what would be analogous to all the notes played in the bass clef."
Useful?
Writer: J. S. Sweitzer
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Date: Feb 13 2015 10:44 AM
# 7314 Critique Analogy
a: Sexual selection ~
b: tweaking a picture
What:
"At best, sexual selection is like using Photoshop to tweak an already-existing picture."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Mar 13 2015 9:51 AM
# 7532 Critique Analogy
