<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- <?pcf-stylesheet path="/_resources/xsl/for-all-forever-news/news-post-campaign.xsl" title="CampaignHTML" extension="-campaign.html" alternate="yes" ?> --><item href="/core-curriculum/news/inside-the-core-we-explore-the-nature-of-reality.html" dsn="news"><include-homepage/><teaser-title>Inside the Core We Explore the Nature of Reality</teaser-title><teaser-description>Core I students read Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which shows people living in a cave, thinking shadows are reality. Parallels can be drawn between this experience and false worlds created by AI.</teaser-description><pubDate>09/10/2026</pubDate><title>Inside the Core</title><description>Core I students read Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which shows people living in a cave, thinking shadows are reality. Parallels can be drawn between this experience and false worlds created by AI.</description><author>Nancy Enright</author><author-title/><image><img src="/images/bust-socrates-320.jpg" alt="Bust of Socrates"/></image><shortnames>nancyenright</shortnames><category>Faith and Service</category><department>University Core Curriculum</department><relationships>Campus Ministry,Catholic Studies Program,Center for Catholic Studies,College of Arts and Sciences,Department of English,Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology,University Core Curriculum</relationships><created-date>2026-09-10T15:02:08.488Z</created-date><tags><tag>Catholic Intellectual Tradition.</tag></tags></item>