- Don't have to fully make sense - Metaphors are self-explanatory descriptions of two things, while [[Analogies]] are used to explain new information as something you already know - [33:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9HeXg65AE#t=1991.1032079198912) metaphor connects things and is a metaphor in itself - language is filled with metaphor - psychedelics helps make these unknown connections, allowing enhancement in metaphor - Create connection is integral for science and art - in metaphors you have to see similarities while preserving the individuality - you need the right an amount of closeness and distance in a metaphor. apt is balance - this is the lens of [[Cognitive Science]]: interdisciplinary, but bridge across multiple domains in two way relationships Metaphors are more than [[Bottom-Up Thinking]] via projection, there is also [[Top-Down Thinking]] - you need to hold it in mind, to add [[Participatory knowing]], when we normally couldn't have - This helps people deepen their [[Understanding]] through [[Transframing]] - We take what we already know and we expand our understanding beyond it - The arena changes because that is what we are perceiving, and the agent changes because they are able to see more affordances? - Helps us see the unseen - ![[Range Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World#^qwyd40]] - Reminds me of how they said [[Divine double]] is a metaphor - For personalized learning, consider an [[AI Tutor]] that responds to accommodate for your background ## Creating Metaphors - Think of a feeling you want to evoke in the reader, what metaphor can you use to evoke that feeling? - Think of in Tim Urban's procrastination series where he has the different characters - Think of Lawrence Yeo and his as well - Explicitly label them as metaphors to make them memorable and noticeable ## References - ![[Range Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World#^uryxxs]]