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Revision as of 08:59, 17 December 2023
People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot
Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant
Mental models
"... mental models do make a difference in delivering results"
Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?
It is if you're the prisoner in the cave.
- Post @ Twitter (26 November 2022)
In the News
Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —Juvenal.
Archetype Heaven is a fully licensed transdimensional corporation which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms.
Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Plato @ Wikipedia
- Allegory of the cave @ Wikipedia
- How did Plato and Aristotle justify slavery? @ YouTube
- The Life of Plato @ YouTube
- Blind men and an elephant @ Wikipedia
- The Blind Men and the Elephant @ YouTube