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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a broad topic as I use different analogies for different subject matter. What subject(s) are you thinking of?

[–] Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think my question was not clear. The very intention of the question is to tell **any **complex topic you've encountered that you've found a surprisingly understandable analogy of. there is no constraint of any subject.

[–] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There were dinosaurs. They died. They became oil. We use that oil to move. It’s an analogy to anything you want if you are very high.