For those who suspect that the Platonic Cave of Ignorance does not actually exist, I recommend reading
this work by Matt Barber. He has a bee in his bonnet over humanism. His commentary makes the assertion that both Stalinist Communism and German National Socialism were manifestations of humanism. Nothing better matches the paradigm of the Cave
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BTW, I would never argue that the Cave scenario described by Plato describes exactly the state of religious fundamentalism today. Since it is a different flavor of fundamentalism than that which existed at the time of Plato, the manipulation of objects would naturally be different.
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Hey-o!
I like science...
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