An idea from The Republic

Picture prisoners chained since childhood, facing the wall of a cave. Behind them, people carry objects past a fire, and the prisoners take the shadows for the only real things. They even hand out honours to whoever is best at predicting which shadow comes next.

From The Republic by Plato

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