Comment by rab_oof

There are some concepts in hard sciences that are difficult to relate to using everyday analogies (monads, general relativity, particle physics, EC). In such situations, it may make more sense to look past the compulsion to find concrete (over?)simplifications and start looking at properties, behavior and utility. (Humans want to find patterns and construct conceptual models from these patterns... Even where there is no pattern and also where the pattern is far more complex than even the best minds could hope to imagine.)