There's certainly been something changed, if not added- the idea is slowly getting more pessimistic. Plato thought we could get out of the "cave" simply throug

There's certainly been something changed, if not added- the idea is slowly getting more pessimistic. Plato thought we could get out of the "cave" simply through sustained rational thought. Brains-in-vats thinkers at least said we were still true beings in the "real" world, even if deluded ones. But simulationists think we're entirely beings of the "lower realm."