Some of the earliest uses of the words “analogy” and “analogue” related to medical matters, the former in Philip Barrough’s textbook, The Methode of Physicke (1583) and the latter in William Whewell’s ...

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Researchers who study belief dynamics often use analogies to understand and model the complex cognitive-social systems that underlie why we believe the things we do and how those beliefs can change ...

We often invoke historical analogies to illuminate the complexities of the modern world. Yet in our eagerness to find parallels, we often succumb to the seductive allure of oversimplification, ...

Benjamin is the descendent of Holocaust survivors. His writing has appeared in outlets including The New Republic and Barron's Almost immediately after the events of October 7th, Israeli leaders ...

There is no need to say that AI is all around us. ChatGPT has brought AI to the forefront of just about everyone in the past few months. The potential for disruption, value, and harm, is difficult to ...

Comparisons to that war usually don’t hold up, because most conflicts don’t start or end like it did. Will you join my new club? It’s going to be called the Society for Abolishing World War II ...

Leonardo da Vinci is rightfully regarded as a genius for his fabulous paintings, medical discoveries, and original technologies, all described in Walter Isaacson’s wonderful biography. Isaacson ...