Percipience vs Misperception
Review Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (PAC). PAC meaning behind the written concerning human perception symbolically, representing how humans live in a world with contrasting reality verse human interpretation.
Plato’s writing combined human rules and meanings of life with psychology by asking questions and listening for responses, similar to Socrates. This purpose was to seek out wisdom and human patterns that arise from most superficially meaningful human conversations. Moreover, having a conversation and conducting empirical research through asking questions and conversations provides a plethora of insights from diverse individuals. The other observation about the PAC is that the shadows on the cave walls are ever-changing and not staying stagnant – similar to life and individuals’ reality that there is no stability or consistency, which could lead to a false reality and ignorance that real-world knowledge does not exist out of the dark cave.
Additionally, the aforementioned displays the conflicts between knowledge and belief and how an individual can choose to no longer be ignorant once – one has been enlightened. The PAC examines the very nature of humanity and our freedom of the unknown. Another observation after further research out of the PAC, however, citing scholars who reviewed the PAC, was understanding how humans view their life and choice on assumptions and not based on reality, yet one perception of their reality, similar to humans with reality mental health issues. The conclusion distilled from the PAC is that wisdom is not innate; however, if an individual chooses ignorance after being enlightened, their perception will not change because they are choosing ignorance, lack of perception, and untruths.
Base essay off of something like this:
The Allegory of the Cave, The REPUBLIC Book Seven. The allegory of the cave expressed in Republic is about seeing a shadow and having no comprehension of what it could be. This chapter makes me think of social media and how, through my eyes, we are living in a false reality through the screens of our telephones and tablets. It is up to us whether we want to awake or remain asleep. Social media primarily runs off fame, which is all a false representation of status. New technology allows us to make a narrative of our daily lives and to choose what to portray to the world (audience). Most studies show the rising increase in social media usage daily. According to Forbes.com, Americans in the year 2020 spent more than 1,300 hours on social media that year.
We are also becoming less social in the presence of others but connected in a false reality designed to entertain its users. People to one another are my example of “shadows” contained in the “cave” that is a device screen. We don’t care for each other ideas, differences, or experiences. Due to a lack of awareness of others around us, social media takes away from real-life experiences. Social media uses an algorithm to sort posts in a user’s feed based on relevant in a world designed just for us. I agree with Plato’s assumptions about human nature. When others don’t see what we see or view things the way we do ourselves we often shame and steer clear of them without seeing things from a different perspective << class response
