An example of simile in writing about science,
"Like the cabbage it so much resembles, the Homo sapiens brain, having arisen within the framework of human culture, would not be viable outside of it."
Clifford Geertz (2000) The growth of culture and the evolution of mind (first published 1962), in The Interpretation of Cultures. Selected Essays. 2nd Edition. New York. Basic Books
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