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Children are not the only ones who try to understand things by comparing them to humans. Often, adults also compare non-human things, such as animals, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena to humans, and project human feelings onto them. We tend to attribute human qualities to everything. That is perhaps the only way we can look at things. But this way of thinking is one of the most powerful means to understand things that have been used since ancient times.
teacherJapan Children are not the only ones who try to understand things by comparing them to humans. Often, adults also compare non-human things, such as animals, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena , to humans, and project human feelings onto them. We tend to attribute human qualities to everything.
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teacherJapanChildren are not the only ones who try to understand things by comparing them to humans. Often, adults also compare non-human things, such as animals, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena, to humans, and project human feelings onto them. We tend to attribute human qualities to everything. That is perhaps the only