The Forgery
Should they take it down?
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The Forgery
A painting hangs in a museum. Millions of people have stood in front of it and been moved. Then it comes out that it's a copy, painted forty years ago by a student who was very good. The original burned in a fire. Nothing about the canvas on the wall has changed since yesterday.
Should they take it down?
Then ask
- If you'd cried in front of it, would you feel cheated?
- What if the forger was the better painter?
- Is there something you own that you'd stop loving if you learned it wasn't the real one?
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