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File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''. | File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''. | ||
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File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms. | File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms. | ||
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* [[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]] | |||
* [[Archetype Heaven]] | * [[Archetype Heaven]] | ||
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]'' | * ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]'' |
Latest revision as of 12:08, 1 September 2024
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.
A man cannot stab his enemy twice. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy.
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
- A man cannot stab his enemy twice
- Archetype Heaven
- Gilligan's Matrix
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Juvenal
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