metaphor
3 stories and discussions about metaphor, aggregated from every source we track.
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or: a reminder that we don’t actually understand how the brain works
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<p>What is the metaphor for the computer of the future? The intelligent agent? The television (multimedia)? The 3-D graphics world (virtual reality)? The Star Trek ubiquitous voice computer? The GUI desktop, honed and refined? The machine that magically grants our wishes? The right answer is "none of the above," because all of these concepts share a basic flaw—they make the computer visible.</p>
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or: a reminder that we don’t actually understand how the brain works