Mars and Venus are Surprisingly Similar

Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus - so goes the best selling book. Indicating that the Male and Female Humans are actually different. That may be true, however, Mars and Venus actually are proving to be similar as per the news item here. The article states

The new observations show that, despite the differences in size and distance from the Sun, Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar. Both planets have beams of electrically charged particles flowing out of their atmospheres. The particles are being accelerated away by interactions with the solar wind, a constant stream of electrically charged particles released by the Sun.

This brings us to the point, where in we say that conceptual packaging impacts our understanding and our viewpoints much more than reality. We like these metaphors, as our mind like patterns and links - which also leads to a deep desire to attach causality to all our observations. The explanation or story telling is a big issue with our mind - as we like stories and casaulity even if there exist none!