Socrates' allegory of the cave and the JavaScript Canvas planet
It is very comon to teach Socrates’s Allegory of the Cave in both advanced high school and college philosophy classes, but the most obvious interpretation -the fact we live in a programmed universe designed so that nothing would destroy mankind- is seldom taught. Thus, the interpretation of Socrates’s words remains as mysterious to students as if they had not been introduced to these them at all.
Socrates became aware that the theory of forms refers to the (more or less) JavaScript Canvas nature of the world -drawing paintings from text. He was almost certainly inspired by the easy ability of men in his age to copy sculpture, as well as his good posture resulting in his ability to use the unconscious mind in a more speedy fashion. For example,
window.addEventListener("load", first)function first(){const c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");const ctx = c.getContext("2d");ctx.beginPath();ctx.arc(95, 50, 40, 0, 2 * Math.PI);ctx.stroke();ctx.beginPath();ctx.rect(200, 200, 250, 250);ctx.stroke();}
results in
Seeing the puppets behind what Socrates’ cavemen see is like seeing the code behind the shapes.