A bit late, but FYR and possible interest [I acknowledge your "dibs on salad dressing." I find numerous metaphors, but nothing remotely 'saladic' in: Nordgren A. Metaphors in behavioral genetics. Theor Med Bioeth. 2003;24(1):59-77. doi: 10.1023/a:1022912918641. PMID: 12735490.
The author notes that while metaphors are common in the literature, seldom are the metaphors in the (few) texts examined referred to explicitly as metaphors. However two exceptions are noted: "Hamer and Copeland describe genes as musical instruments and maintain that this is a metaphor [3, p. 12], and Plomin, et al. stress the similarity between the genome and a book and state that this is a metaphor [4, p. 46]."
In the conclusion. the author notes that "behavioral geneticists tend to use antideterministic metaphors, i.e., metaphors that do not express the view of genetic determinism but stress the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors." AND "Certain historically important metaphors that imply genetic determinism are qualified, avoided, or even explicitly rejected. Most
notably, the computer program metaphor..."
Your post: Humans are symphonies, not salad dressing is apt; thank you
Great metaphor. I have a possible reason for the peak in ‘symphony’ in the 40s: the first half of the C20th was the golden age of the American symphony, so I guess they were written about a lot.
A bit late, but FYR and possible interest [I acknowledge your "dibs on salad dressing." I find numerous metaphors, but nothing remotely 'saladic' in: Nordgren A. Metaphors in behavioral genetics. Theor Med Bioeth. 2003;24(1):59-77. doi: 10.1023/a:1022912918641. PMID: 12735490.
The author notes that while metaphors are common in the literature, seldom are the metaphors in the (few) texts examined referred to explicitly as metaphors. However two exceptions are noted: "Hamer and Copeland describe genes as musical instruments and maintain that this is a metaphor [3, p. 12], and Plomin, et al. stress the similarity between the genome and a book and state that this is a metaphor [4, p. 46]."
In the conclusion. the author notes that "behavioral geneticists tend to use antideterministic metaphors, i.e., metaphors that do not express the view of genetic determinism but stress the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors." AND "Certain historically important metaphors that imply genetic determinism are qualified, avoided, or even explicitly rejected. Most
notably, the computer program metaphor..."
Your post: Humans are symphonies, not salad dressing is apt; thank you
Leo
Great metaphor. I have a possible reason for the peak in ‘symphony’ in the 40s: the first half of the C20th was the golden age of the American symphony, so I guess they were written about a lot.