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Analogy as the Core of Cognition - Douglas Hofstadter

Analogies are the mechanism that allows categorization to happen. They can be simple or complex. They happen all the time for no purpose and they appear to rapidly go away. We find analogies everywhere, when we perceive a common essence between two or more things, when external impulses trigger associations in relation to our memories, our ideas and interests. "They are the interstate freeway of cognition", therefore, I have chosen a specific analogy to address the challenge of submerging my personal research to Vancouver's cultural and historical circumstances in order to write my project for the Vancover Biennale 2014. The Sky-Train is to Vancouver as the Internet is to the World.