Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhat are your favourite analogies for explaining difficult or complex concepts?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favourite analogies for explaining difficult or complex concepts?Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
Explain any one particular complex topic using an analogy you found interesting or easily understandable.
minus-squarerodbiren@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·1 year agoComputers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.
minus-squareGuilvareux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·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”?
minus-squareDiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago“Teaching sand how to think was a mistake”.
Computers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.
Don’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!
Might we say they are “shocked rocks”?
“Teaching sand how to think was a mistake”.
Sand, light, lightning, and metal