It's a good analogy and with a few variants. As you said, there's the one where conscious and unconscious feel at odds with each other and can't seem to run th

It's a good analogy and with a few variants. As you said, there's the one where conscious and unconscious feel at odds with each other and can't seem to run the same search at the same time. One workaround is being close to remembering a name and counting through the alphabet until you hesitate on a letter then it'll just pop to the surface. It works well i think because we're visualizing the person while discounting false leads. (left-brain/right-brain bridge)