(RICK and STEVE in the front of a car. RICK is driving. STEVE is in the passenger\u2019s seat.)<\/i><\/p>\n
(RICK suddenly swerves, then honks his horn.)<\/i><\/p>\n
RICK
Look at this jackass.<\/p>\n
STEVE
What a moron.<\/p>\n
RICK (yelling out window)<\/i>
Jackass!
(pause)<\/i>
Sometimes I think everyone except me is an idiot.<\/p>\n
(pause)<\/i><\/p>\n
STEVE
Am I an idiot?<\/p>\n
RICK
Well, let\u2019s approach this Socratically. Are you me?<\/p>\n
STEVE
No.<\/p>\n
RICK
Then I\u2019m afraid you are an idiot. QED.<\/p>\n
(pause)<\/i><\/p>\n
STEVE
I\u2019m not a fan of that conclusion.<\/p>\n
RICK
Well, your problem is with Socrates, not with me.<\/p>\n
(pause)<\/i><\/p>\n
STEVE
No, you know my problem with Socrates? That cave allegory. That\u2019s some bullshit right there.<\/p>\n
RICK
You think bare language, in and of itself, is an adequate method to describe the depth and breadth of reality?<\/p>\n
STEVE
Well, no. I just think it\u2019s a shitty metaphor. It\u2019s too baroque. Prisoners since birth in a cave who can\u2019t move their heads and are therefore forced to watch shadow puppets cast by a fire above and behind them? Come on.<\/p>\n
RICK
I see.<\/p>\n
STEVE
If you have to go that far to prove a point, maybe you don\u2019t have a point at all.<\/p>\n
RICK
That was Plato.<\/p>\n
STEVE
Bullshit. It was Socrates.<\/p>\n
RICK
It was the character of Socrates in Plato\u2019s Republic.<\/p>\n
STEVE
Oh.<\/p>\n
RICK
That\u2019s essentially like saying you hate Toulouse-Lautrec because you don\u2019t like the way he sang \u201cNature Boy\u201d in \u201cMoulin Rouge.\u201d<\/p>\n
(pause)<\/i><\/p>\n
STEVE
Well, I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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