Consider two ways to check what sort of bird we have on hand: 1. `(= bird-type :toucan)` -- one reads this code as "bird type equals toucan" 2. `(= :toucan bird-type)` -- you'd read this as "toucan equals bird type" Now while they both do exactly the same thing, the former is the "normal" way to write things and the latter is a [Yoda condition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda_conditions)