Cognitive Dissonantics

The Allegory of the Cave illustrates how perception can be deceiving.

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In Plato’s cave, prisoners mistake shadows for reality because that’s all they’ve ever seen. The story (from Republic, c. 4th century BCE) frames education as turning toward deeper truth.

🤯 "The Allegory of the Cave illustrates how perception can be deceiving. Reality isn’t always what the shadows suggest."

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