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analogies

Submitted by heather on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 11:31pm.

as much as i like the battery idea and where it's going, i am wary of the use of analogies in general. if we try to explain biological phenomena by tying them to easily relatable situations, we risk oversimplification and incomplete models. i guess i'd just rather tackle the reality of neurological workings.

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