MEME REFERENCE

iceberg

Use iceberg when an explanation or discovery reframes what people thought they understood.

What it expresses

Revelation and reframing: the iceberg’s visible tip above progressively deeper hidden layers represents a moment where an explanation or discovery reframes what people thought they understood.

Example

For example, the tiny helper script turns out to hold the whole system together; the visual analogy is the iceberg’s visible tip above progressively deeper hidden layers, signaling that an explanation or discovery reframes what people thought they understood.

When not to use it

Avoid when no assumption or interpretation changes; the iceberg’s visible tip above progressively deeper hidden layers would incorrectly signal that an explanation or discovery reframes what people thought they understood.

• revelation
• insight