The Slave Boy Who Knew Geometry In one of philosophy's most remarkable scenes, Socrates calls over an uneducated slave boy and proceeds to demonstrate something impossible. Through questioning alone, without teaching anything, Socrates leads the boy to discover the solution to a complex geometric problem. The boy has never studied mathematics. He cannot read. He has received no instruction in the properties of squares and their diagonals. Yet when Socrates asks the right ques

You Are Not Seeing Reality You walk into a room full of strangers and within seconds you know exactly who to avoid. That man in the corner gives off an arrogant energy. The woman by the window seems cold and judgemental. The group laughing near the bar are obviously shallow and cliquey. You haven't exchanged a single word with any of them, yet you've already constructed elaborate internal dossiers complete with personality assessments, probable life histories, and predictions