We replaced these dysfunctional metaphors with those based on their deeper values: “A good husband is a champion ... “Marriage is a movie with some comedy, mystery, excitement, sorrow ...
Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences
Covering a range of metaphors from a diverse field of sciences, from cell and molecular biology to evolution, ecology, and biomedicine, Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences explores the ...
Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that the LaMBDA AI Chatbot might be ...
Embrace the Supertall
Another 17 went up in 2018, and now, “with more than one hundred supertalls in the works from Melbourne to Moscow, there seems to be no stopping the supertall frenzy.” Many critics of supertalls in ...
Running has taught me some important life lessons
Running season is upon us and as the training and races get into full swing, I’m reminded of the most important life lesson I’ve learned from the activity over the years: Run at my own best pace. It’s ...
Peter Higgs: the man behind the machine
Written by particle physicist Frank Close and released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the discovery, Elusive is an anecdote-filled, meandering – and sometimes confusing – glimpse into the ...
Between Chora and the Good: Metaphor's Metaphysical Neighborhood
When I was with some distinguished men recently ... This resembles both the crossings of hermeneutics and metaphor.¹ We must now go beyond these in approaching the Good, though the beyond is always ...
The Potential of Ecclesial Metaphors in Systematic Ecclesiology
At best, they may offer some nice flourish in preaching or liturgical language ... More can and must be said about the positive function of metaphors in ecclesiology. What is needed is a theory of ...
Military metaphors persuade those in pain to soldier on
Doctors have been told to avoid war metaphors in case they leave patients ... the disease to achieve “victory” were overwhelmingly positive and beneficial. Scientists questioned 15 patients ...
The Federal Reserve: taking the ‘flation’ out of stagflation
The Fed went big on June 15, raising the interest rates it controls by 75 basis points, or 0.75 percentage points- a sharp rise for an institution that usually tries to move gradually.
