Explain any one particular complex topic using an analogy you found interesting or easily understandable.

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Computers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.

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Sand, light, lightning, and metal

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“Teaching sand how to think was a mistake”.

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Don’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!

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Might we say they are “shocked rocks”?

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