The Parable of the Tiger Cage

Why failing to understand the fundamental nature of things can turn out badly

Photo by Carolina Munemasa on Unsplash

A man was at the zoo one day. He came across a cage containing a tiger. What a magnificent animal, he thought, I would very much like to have my photograph taken with it for my Instagram page. So he climbed the outside of the cage, ignoring the shouts of alarm from other zoo-goers. When he dropped into the cage the tiger bounded over…