"It would seem that doing this would be hard enough to cause a brainstorm."
— Sapolsky, Robert (b. 1957)
Author
Date
November 14, 2010
Metaphor
"It would seem that doing this would be hard enough to cause a brainstorm."
Metaphor in Context
And we even understand that June isn’t literally busting out all over. It would seem that doing this would be hard enough to cause a brainstorm. So where did this facility with symbolism come from? It strikes me that the human brain has evolved a necessary shortcut for doing so, and with some major implications.
Categories
Provenance
Forwarded to me by Dave Moon
Citation
Sapolsky, Robert. "This Is Your Brain on Metaphors" The New York Times. The Stone. November 14, 2010. <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
11/21/2010
