Like Gen-Z and TikTok or Donald Trump and his Diet Coke button, humans use analogies a lot. Beyond being an annoying part of every SAT, analogies actually help us solve problems and even learn skills by connecting it with concepts that we’re already familiar with. For example, you might tell a child learning to ride a bike for the first time that it’s a lot like balancing on a seesaw.
For a while, it was thought that just humans used analogical reasoning to solve problems. However,…
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