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Plato's Cave: The Original Reality Check

Psychology

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Plato's Cave: The Original Reality Check

Plato's Cave Allegory meets modern internet slang! Those poor souls at the bottom have spent their entire lives watching shadows on the wall, thinking that's reality. Then some rebel climbs out, sees the actual sun, and returns like "Guys, everything you know is just projections!" Meanwhile, the cave dwellers are hitting him with "chat is this real" instead of "cap or no cap?" Classic philosophical skepticism with a Gen Z twist. Socrates would be absolutely rolling in his hemlock!

The STEM Cave Allegory

Math Physics Engineering Academia Science

7 months ago 21.0K views 0 shares

The STEM Cave Allegory

Behold Plato's allegory of STEM majors! Math folks are strolling blissfully in the sunshine, completely oblivious to reality. Physics majors are halfway down the cave, still clinging to theoretical elegance while occasionally glancing at actual problems. Meanwhile, engineers are deep in the trenches, building torches and solving real-world disasters with duct tape and differential equations. The hierarchy is perfect—mathematicians create problems, physicists describe them, and engineers fix them. It's the academic food chain in its natural habitat!