I read something in
"The Einstein Factor" by Win Wenger and Richard Poe that seems to apply to this topic. The example seems more effective (for me) than the Klingon example. I figured I would post it because things are so slow on this forum.
The text appears on page 208, during a discussion of freenoting.
"...Freenoting will automatically increase your memory of the lecture by associating key points with your own expressive thoughts. The crazier, funnier, and more bizarre those thoughts are, the more memorable they will be.
In a chemistry lecture, you might imagine those atoms that combine easily with hydrogen to be covered with fur in which the little hydrogen atoms tend to get caught. Picture the strange, varied coats of fur that would distinguish each type of hydrogen-trapping atom. Oxygen, for example, might have very wet looking fur."
Why do I care? Because, unintentionally, Dr. Wenger provided a better example of applying things you already know. By applying visual properties of fur to the atoms, you are putting it into a framework that makes sense to you. This just seems a little more clear than Vera's example. Now I have a clearer sense of how something from the Klingon world might be applied to law. I was looking for a direct correspondence (sort of a 1-to-1 relationship that very likely doesn't exist -- torts are like the Klingon practice of such and such...).
Does this make any sense or was it a waste of bits? Sorry for restating the obvious, since everyone else seems to be getting it already anyway...
