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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Plato's allegory of the cave. It's a metaphor for the comfort we develop in (and often preference for) our less accurate concept of reality when faced with real discoveries that challenge our perspective.

In Plato's metaphor, the shadows on the wall. In the meme, a representation of a window rather than the real thing.