The God Squad: The difference between signs and symbols. By Rabbi Marc Gellman . Dec. 6, 2013 1:37 PM PT . Share; ... they why not the most precious religious symbols of those holidays?

For example, the red colour is a “stop” sign in traffic, but a “fertility” symbol in Hinduism, and in China, while being indicative of the “devil”, “scarlet women” or “Santa ...

Bees were trained for 50 trials to match an N-shape sign with the number “two” and an inverted T-shape sign with the number “three” and achieved an accuracy of about 75%.

Some companies use both logotypes and symbols, depending on the context. Nike, for example, has both a logotype and a symbol, which can be used to represent the company in different scenarios.

All of this is why I’m in favor of publicly sharing our signs but not publicly sharing our symbols. I hope this helps. (Send QUESTIONS ONLY to The God Squad via email at [email protected] .) ...