+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ADVERTISEMENT | | Plato's cave allegory | | | | +--------------;,,.; ..\.|./,. | | | .------(_)------ | | |# # (too bright!) - /,|.\ | | |# o =| o/ , /. |. .( | | |# o|o =|o | / , .|, (_| | | | | | = | ,.., ___|_, | | +---------+----."' ''''''~~~~~~\____|~~~ | | | | o People are in a cave, watching the shadow figure of a hash, | | presented to them by a narrator behind the wall to the exit | | of the cave. | | o When people want to leave the cave, they will be blinded by | | the sun. The sunlight hurts their eyes. The will go back into | | the have. | | o The outside did not look so fine presented and prepared as | | the shadow of the narrator's play. It does not hurt the eye. | | o Only some people are able to adapt their eyes and see the | | beauty of not being dependent on a narrator. They will be able | | to leave the cave. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+