This comment sums up one of my most frequent struggles re: emailing professors that I found it to be a worthy first-day-of-classes post. Here’s hoping it will only get easier!
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The danger of metaphor
I have a thing for metaphors – not only do they make language more interesting, but may also be at the core of our lives, shaping our perception and conceptualization of every situation. One great study showed how metaphors can shape our reasoning- the researchers found that framing a city’s crime problem as either a virus or a beast systematically influenced participants’ suggestions of how to deal with the problem. This comic gives another example of metaphor getting in the way of communication:
http://explore.noodle.org/post/59713897198/turns-out-tired-analogies-and-worn-metaphors-dont?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer10132&utm_medium=twitter
So much to look forward to
Saturday Morning Quasi-Cartoon: a PhD
Click here for a really interesting interpretation of how a PhD will transform this circle containing all of human knowledge
to this:
What motivation! 😛
