The Cave by Kristen Lee Knapp
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The Cave by Kristen Lee Knapp
Bug-bites, weather, sweat -- I can see why this guy likes VR better than real life. Some folks are just incapable of boredom, I guess.
I was raised by humans. What's your excuse?
- Lester Curtis
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Re: The Cave by Kristen Lee Knapp
Re: Plato's allegory of the cave:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
and a transcript of it:
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html
BD, your memory serves you wrongly . . . I wasn't very familiar with this myself, but I was glad to have read it -- it deals with a means of selecting the best political leaders.
Funny you mentioned "Q" -- I believe there was an episode when he gave up his powers and became mortal for a while, and that has a parallel in the allegory. Check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
and a transcript of it:
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html
BD, your memory serves you wrongly . . . I wasn't very familiar with this myself, but I was glad to have read it -- it deals with a means of selecting the best political leaders.
Funny you mentioned "Q" -- I believe there was an episode when he gave up his powers and became mortal for a while, and that has a parallel in the allegory. Check it out.
I was raised by humans. What's your excuse?