James Geary Metaphorically Speaking Summary

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One of the thigs that many people love to do is make decisions, and every day good and bad decisions are made. One of the things that people are not aware about is that their decisions are based on analogies. In “Metaphorically Speaking” by James Geary this is proved. Geary mentions a study in which “students were asked if they would help a country that had been invaded” (00:06:34). There were different scenarios in which one of the past wars, such as World War II, Vietnam war, or a war which was historically neutral was being compared to the country that was being invaded. This caused the students to compare one of the past wars to the country that was being invaded and see how similar these events really were. This had a great impact on their

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