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What are your favourite analogies for explaining difficult or complex concepts? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

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Explain any one particular complex topic using an analogy you found interesting or easily understandable.

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[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 34 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Computers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.

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[–] Guilvareux@feddit.uk 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

Don’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!

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[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 years ago

Might we say they are "shocked rocks"?

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[–] DiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 years ago

"Teaching sand how to think was a mistake".

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[–] _finger_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Sand, light, lightning, and metal

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