Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhat are your favourite analogies for explaining difficult or complex concepts?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favourite analogies for explaining difficult or complex concepts?Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
Explain any one particular complex topic using an analogy you found interesting or easily understandable.
minus-squarerodbiren@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down2·1 year agoComputers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.
minus-squareDiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year ago“Teaching sand how to think was a mistake”.
minus-squareGuilvareux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoDon’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!
minus-squareLongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMight we say they are “shocked rocks”?
Computers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.
“Teaching sand how to think was a mistake”.
Don’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!
Might we say they are “shocked rocks”?
Sand, light, lightning, and metal