The psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan famously found inspiration in the Borromean rings as a model for his topology of human subjectivity, with each ring representing a fundamental Lacanian component of reality (the "real", the "imaginary", and the "symbolic").
Psikoanalis terkenal, Jacques Lacan menemukan inspirasi dalam cincin Borromean sebagai model topologi subjektivitas manusia, di mana masing-masing cincin mewakili komponen realitas mendasar Lacanian (yaitu tatanan "riil", "imajiner", dan "simbolik").