I find it really useful to use analogies from certain fields to explain things in other domains.
for example, I think the system architecture of a computer has a lot of useful analogies when thinking about cognitive processes. This is a (non exhaustive, running) list of those when I notice them.
- Cache - temporary storage for something that can be flushed at will
- set/setting - the environment in which you are doing something, and it’s general “vibes”